This study found that the risk of exposure to Salmonella
or Campylobacter from eating in recommended tourist
restaurants in Bangkok is small. Arcobacter butzleri was
the prevalent pathogen identified, and the risk of
exposure to this bacteria was 13% per meal eaten.
Following binomial distribution probability rules, this
risk rises to 75% and greater when 10 or more
meals are eaten. This study is purely descriptive in
nature and sampling occurred at the end point of the
food preparation and serving process; therefore, it is
impossible to make conclusions about which kinds of
foods are riskier than others. The chi-square statistical
analysis suggests that all restaurants, regardless of price,
are equally at risk