Antimicrobial activity of Antibiotics and Antiseptics (Dettol and Betadine) against Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Journal Title: SSR Institute of International Journal of Life Sciences (SSR-IIJLS) - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Hundred samples viz. urine, blood, wound, pus and sputum collected from different patients were found to harbour Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) (27%) with a maximum isolation from wound samples (33.33%) and minimum from blood samples (11.11%). The degree of resistance of P. aeruginosa isolates to different antibiotics like Ceftazidime (30 µg), Amikacin (30 µg), Imipenem (10 µg), Ciprofloxacin (30 µg), Tetracycline (30 µg), Gentamicin (10 µg), Norfloxacin (10 µg), Penicillin (30 µg), Chloramphenicol (30 µg), and Ofloxacin (5 µg) varied from 56% to 100%. Antiseptics i.e. Betadine and Dettol were found to be more effective against the MDR strain of P. aeruginosa at the dilutions of 10-1 and 10-2. Duration of the disease and hospitalization duration, evaluated as risk factors for P. aeruginosa colonization were found to be statistically significant while age and gender were found to be statistically non- significant. The incidence of multidrug resistance of P. aeruginosa is increasing fast due to the frequent use of antibiotics and antiseptics, which are used extensively in hospitals and healthcare centers, therefore it is a need to develop alternative antimicrobial agents for the treatment of infectious diseases.
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Poonam Verma, Manish Kumar Verma, Jagmohan Singh Dhakar
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- DOI 10.21276/ijlssr.2018.4.1.14
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