Effect of Turmeric (Curcuma) on Bacteria Isolated from Burn Wound Infection in Some Patients in Al-Jomhouri Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen
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Abstract:
This study was conducted to determine the effect of Turmeric (Curcuma) on bacteria isolated from burn wound infection in some patients in Al-Jomhouri Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen. A total of 100 burn wound swab samples were taken from hospitalized patients who presented invasive burn wound infection from both sex and average age of 10-55 years from 1/4/2018 to 20/6/2018. All swabs were subjected to conventional cultural and biochemical methods for microbial enumeration. Staphylococcus aureus was most common isolate with 53.3% incidence, followed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (33.3%), E.coil (3.3%), Enterobacter spp. (3.3%), Salmonella typhi (3.3%) and Klebsiella spp. with (3.3%). The turmeric extract was found to have an effect on Staphylococcus aureus and did not affect the rest of the bacterial isolates.
Keywords:
Microbes, turmeric extract, burn wound, Al-Jomhouri Hospital.
Citation:
Humaid, A.A.H., 2018. Effect of Turmeric (Curcuma) on Bacteria Isolated from Burn Wound Infection in Some Patients in Al-Jomhouri Hospital, Sana’a, Yemen. Int. J. Nanotechnol. Allied Sci., 2(2): 32-38.
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