Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Aqueous and Alcohol Extracts of Zingiber officinale and Allium sativum on Bacterial Isolates from Urinary Tract Infection Patients

Abstract

This study aimed to study the effect Zingiber officinale and Allium sativum crude extract on bacterial isolates from children suffer from urinary tract infection (UTI) and compare it with the activity of antibiotics. The bacterial isolated were collected from variety of hospitals during the period 6-1-2021 to 5-4-2022. The isolates were cultured and identified. 100 bacterial isolates identified as follows Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2), Escherichia coli (65), Staphylococcus aureus (20), Klebsiella pneumonia and Proteus mirabilis (2) for each, Scaphirhynchus albus, Morganella morganii and Micrococcus (1), Staphylococcus capitis, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Proteus vulgaris, Klebsiella oxytoca, Citrobacter freundii and Pseudomonas luteola (1). Different degrees of sensitivity were shown by the isolates for different types of antibiotics. Antibacterial activity of aqueous Z. officinale extract was (7–30) mm while the alcoholic extract of Z. officinale was (4–20) mm. aqueous A. sativum extract (3–26) mm while alcoholic extraction (5–22) mm.