Effects Of Some Locally Made Antiseptic Soaps on Some Skin Microbes
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Antimicrobial, Bacteria, Fungi, Inhibition, Antiseptic.Abstract
The antimicrobial activity of some local antiseptic soaps against some isolated microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) were carried out by agar diffusion method. The highest zone of inhibition was recorded to be 3cm at 100mg/ml by MK antiseptic soap against E.coli, while IJB and S.T antiseptic soaps show no significant effect against the skin isolates of the bacteria Staphylococcus and Streptococcus. So also the antifungal activities of the three soaps were tested and the highest zone of inhibition was 5cm at 100mg/ml by IJB local antiseptic soap against Malessezia fur fur and Tricophyton spp, while there is less effect (generally less than 4cm at 100mg/ml, 50mg/ml and 25mg/ml) of MK and S.T antiseptic soaps against the skin isolates of the fungi Malessezia furfur, Malessezia globossa, Microsporium spp and Tricophyton spp. This indicated that MK and IJB antiseptic soaps are potentially effective against bacteria and fungi respectively.
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