ISSN 2756-3413
African Journal of Virology Research ISSN 3421-7347 Vol. 6 (7), pp. 001-005, July, 2012. © International Scholars Journals
Full length Research paper
Efficacy of some antibacterial agents on Staphylococcus aureus isolated from various burn cases
Ihsan Edan Alsaimary
Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Republic of Iraq. E-mail: [email protected].
Accepted 23 February, 2012
Abstract
The present study aimed to determine the major bacterial types from various burn cases and a study of antibacterial activity of plant extracts against Staphylococcus aureus isolated from burn cases in comparison with standard antibiotics.A total of 35 specimens were collected from burned patients (both sex, various degrees of burns) in burns unit of Al-Basrah General Hospital and Alsader Teaching Hospital in Basrah city during October 2006 to August 2007. Aqueous extracts from leaves and fruits of Zizyphus spine christi L. and Olea europaea L. were used as antibacterial agents against S. aureus isolated from burned patients in comparison with standard antibiotics.The predominant bacterial types are Pseudomonas sp. (74.19%) (23 isolates) followed by S. aureus (54.83%) (17 isolates), another types distributed in various percentages from burn cases. The greatest effect of plant extracts was for 1000 µg/ml of leaves of Z. spain -christe which gave 20 mm of inhibition zone; the fruit of O. europaea: 1000 Mg/ml gave 16 mm; while the standard antibiotics gave the following diameters of growth inhibition zones: kanamycin and gentamicin (26 mm), neomycin (25 mm), cephalexin (24 mm), fusidic acid (22 mm), tobramycin (16 mm).Various burns are highly infected with diversity of bacterial pathogens, the plant extracts shows a variable activity against S . aureus.
Key words: Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotics, burn cases