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Evaluation of Phyllanthus sp extracts in face of Pathogen Causers of Urinary Treat Infections

ABSTRACT

Commonly, the urinary treat is sterile, but it can also be contaminated by etiological agents from the intestinal treat, of which the Escherichiacoli is the most common one. These microorganisms are increasingly becoming more resistant to multiple antibiotics. It became necessary to find new substances with antimicrobial properties, so the purpose of this paper is to evaluate different Phyllanthus sp extracts- in face of microorganisms which cause the urinary treat infections- and compare it to the hole-plate and disk diffusion techniques. The 72 hours extraction showed better antimicrobial activity in both methods. Using disk diffusion, the most sensitive bacterium was the Staphylococcus saprophyticcus, with the MIC of 15,84 mg/mL. While using the technique of hole-plate, the most sensitive bacterium was the Staphylococcus aureus, with the same MIC of the previous cited bacterium. This study showed that the alcoholic extracts were more efficient than the infusions. It can also be observed that the hole-plate technique seems to be more efficient than the disk diffusion one, and the Gram positive cocci bacteria were more sensitive than the Gram negative bacilli and fungi.

Keywords
Phyllanthussp; urinary treat infection; pathogen

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