The antibiogram activity of ethanolic and aqueous extract of E.hirta was studied. Ethanol extract of the plant showed the maximal antibacterial activity and G.C Analysis showed the presence of citronellal. The extract showed inhibited the growth of E.coli, S.aureus, P.aeruginosa, Proteus etc..

OBJECTIVE To determine the antibiotic susceptibility of K. pneumoniae isolates from Buea, Cameroon. DESIGN A prospective study of K. pneumoniae isolates from clinical samples of nosocomial origin. SETTING A laboratory based investigative study at the Biotechnology Centres of the Universities of Buea and Yaounde 1, Cameroon, and three Buea based hospitals. K. pneumoniae isolates were obtaine...

Background and objectives: Halo interference around antibiogram disc is one of the problems seen in Agar media. This study aimed at applying graded plate method to reduce this problem. Material and Methods: Forty-eight millimeter plates, before putting disc, were graded and the location of discs was determined. Instead of full disc, we used half-disc and then compared the haloe interference, ba...

Hospital environment is most suitable reservoir for nosocomial pathogens. Indiscriminate use of antibiotics has led to the global drug resistance in these microbes leading to several health hazards. E.coli is one such bacterial pathogen. It is therefore important to isolate and identify it from various clinical samples and study its antibiogram. In present study a total of one hundred samples o...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the commonest types of bacterial infections. The antibiotic treatment for UTIs is associated with important medical and economic implications. Many different microorganisms can cause UTIs though the most common pathogens are E. coli and members of family Enterobacteriaceae. The knowledge of etiology and antibiotic resistance pattern of the organisms cau...

Introduction: In the current situation of escalating antibiotic resistance it is essential to identify and report sensitivity pattern of these MDR bacteria in order to tailor empirical therapy and hygienic measures. Because there will be hardly any new antibiotics in the near future, a better understanding is needed on the how to optimize the use of existing antibiotics, alone and in combinatio...

conclusion a comparison of these data with those of other countries showed that there was considerable geographic variation in bacterial patterns of sensitivity and resistance properties. therefore, the selection of antibiotics for empiric therapy especially in children with terminal renal failure on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (capd) treatment should be based on the knowledge of ...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most commonly acquired bacterial infection. Antibiotic resistance of uropathogens has been known to increase worldwide and biofilm production being the prime cause. The objective of this study was to detect the production of biofilm by uropathogens isolated from UTIs and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern. A total 570 urine samples from clinically su...

Antimicrobial surveillance may be defined as a systematic collection, analysis, and dissemination of data that may be used to identify resistance trends and assess the need for intervention (2). In 1988 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published guidelines for evaluation of surveillance systems for antimicrobial resistance (7), and an American Society for Microbiology task force (...