Title of article :
Antimicrobial Effect of Opuntia Ficus-Indica Extract on Esche-richia coli Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infection
Author/Authors :
POURMAJED, Roya Department of Microbiology - Tonekabon Branch - Islamic Azad University - Tonekabon, Iran , JABBARI AMIRI, Mohammadreza Department of Medical Mycology and Parasitology - Faculty of Medicine - Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences - Sari, Iran , KARAMI, Pezhman Department of Microbiology - Faculty of Medicine - Hamadan University of Medical Sciences - Hamadan, Iran , KHALEDI, Azad Kashan University of Medical Sciences - Kashan, Iran
Abstract :
Urinary tract infection(UTI) is one of the public health problems worldwide, many organisms, such as viruses, and bacteria cause urinary tract infection, but bacteria are the most common(1, 2). The most important cause of UTI in more than 90% of cases is Escherichia coli particularly in women (3). With the increasing of microbial in-fections and drug resistance, the side effects of synthetic chemical drugs, the high cost of their preparation, the need for finding antimicrobials with high-efficacy against microorganisms caus-ing UTI is inevitable today(4).
Keywords :
Ficus-Indica , coli Isolated , UTI
Journal title :
Iranian Journal of Public Health
