The Antibacterial Activity on Three Types of Medicated Soaps (Detol, Isol, Tura) on Staphylococcus Aureus From Wound Infection
CHAPTER ONE
AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
- To isolate Staphylococcusaureus from wound infection.
- To determine the antibacterial activity of three medicated soap on Staphylococcus aureusisolated from wound infection.
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
Encyclopedia Britannica (1984) state that soap itself has germicidal power against some microorganisms and many of the certain synthetic detergents are strongly germicidal. Long unsaturated fatty acid such as Oleic acid, Hinlenric and hire either inform of free of soap have bacterial or bacteriostatic effect on many bacterial, especially on wound surface.
According to Lamo (1988) the sodium or potassium, acid content of these soap in a concentration of about 1/500 killed and dissolved pneumococci and that sodium ideate in a dilution as pneumococci and favoured their lyris by normal or immune serum.
CHAPTER THREE
MATERIALS AND METHOD
MATERIALS (SEE APPENDIX )
PROCEDURE OF MATERIAL
The three medicated soaps were bought from a pharmaceutical shop in Enugu.
The particulars of the medicated soap are indicated in the table below
CHAPTER FOUR
RESULT
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
DISCUSSION
The antibacterial activity of three types of medicated soap on Staphylococcus aureus isolated from wound infection was conducted. Out of 20 sample within the age range of 9 – 49 years the most predominant bacteria organism isolates was Staphylococcus aureus followed by pseudomonas aeroginosa. The next is Staphylococcus epidermis while the least was Escherichia coli. Staphylococcus is coagulase positive which differentiates it from the other species. Almost every person will have some type of S aureus infection during a life time ranging in severity form food poisoning or major skin infections to severe life threatening infections. The coagulase-negative Staphylococci are normal human flora and sometimes cause infection often associated with implanted devices such as joint prostheses, shunta. This study revealed that Staphylococcus aureus was sensitive to the three medicated soap the median zone of inhibition was highest in Dettol medicated soap followed by Isol and the least is Tura. The Staphylococcus aureus was also sensitive to commercial control drug. The mean zone of inhibition was highest in Ampliclox followed by Gentamycin and the least is penicillin, there was a close relationship in zone of inhibition between the three medicated soaps and the commercially antibiotics activities as control.
CONCLUSION
From the sensitivity test it was found out that medicated soap were effective against Staphylococcus aureus effecting wound in human as comparable to drugs (antibiotics). This is because medicated soaps have phenobic contents, if one subject himself or herself to cleaning or bathing with medicated soap during the time of hurts or cuts on the skin there is the likelihood of reducing microbial load of Staphylococcus aureus which is a normal commercial of the skin. The reduction of Staphylococcus aureus on the skin at this time will prevent or minimize its involvement wound infection. However, constant washing of the body with medicated soap will not be advisable for it, but it will remove drastically the normal flora of the skin and this itself will pose a problem.
RECOMMENDATION
Since medicated soaps have been found inhibitor, it is then advised to be used in bathing at the time one gets hurt or cuts on the skin. It is also recommended to wash surface of cuts immediately, especially in children with medicated soap before medication is given. There is need for further work to carried out on other organism like Escherichia coli etc that are involved in wound infections.
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