Introduction:
The effectiveness of Antimicrobial agents against Microorganisms
Population of microorganisms or growth are killed and/or inhibited by natural or synthetic chemical antimicrobial controls (Madigan, et al 2012). Antimicrobial agents are grouped according to their efficacy against microorganisms. Bactericidal that kill and bacteriostatic prevent and/or reduce growth (Madigan et al, 2012).
Harmful pathogens are targeted with different antimicrobial agents according to their toxicity in order to sufficiently eliminate them. Such agents include disinfectants, Antiseptic, and Antibiotics. Microorganisms are prevented, killed and eliminated from living tissue and on inanimate objects through application of disinfectants and antiseptics …show more content…
(Willey et al, 2011). From the results in table1, it is shown that that Pseudomonas aeuruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus were both destroyed by of ethanol(70%) at all time set intervals of (1, 2, 5, 10 and 15 minutes). Ethanol has different capabilities as revealed in the lab experiment. . Due to its rapid evaporation nature, ethanol is an intermediate limited level germicide with restricted contact time and limited ability to infiltrate the organic matter. The results from the experiment at 1 and 2 minutes confirm the fast acting characteristic of ethanol as it kills most bacteria in 5 …show more content…
For instance penicillin is known to be effective against gram positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus of which during its activity forms surface protein that binds and leads to the osmotic lysis (Willey et al, 2011 page832). However, there are some emergences of bacteria resistance to penicillin causing pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus infections know as Methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Chaitow, 1998) commonly found in hospitals.
The results showed that Ciprofloxacin (C) was effective against S. aureus solid proof backing the literature that the drug has capabilities against gram-negative species better than Gram –positive (Heritage et al, 1999). The diameter of inhibition zone (21mm) was larger than the standard diameter given as >14. There are new strain resistant caused by altercations in topoisomerase(Willey, et al 2008). From the different studies, Ampicillin produced the comparable results against S.aureus because of its efficacy on both gram-negative and positive
The effectiveness of Antimicrobial agents against Microorganisms
Population of microorganisms or growth are killed and/or inhibited by natural or synthetic chemical antimicrobial controls (Madigan, et al 2012). Antimicrobial agents are grouped according to their efficacy against microorganisms. Bactericidal that kill and bacteriostatic prevent and/or reduce growth (Madigan et al, 2012).
Harmful pathogens are targeted with different antimicrobial agents according to their toxicity in order to sufficiently eliminate them. Such agents include disinfectants, Antiseptic, and Antibiotics. Microorganisms are prevented, killed and eliminated from living tissue and on inanimate objects through application of disinfectants and antiseptics …show more content…
(Willey et al, 2011). From the results in table1, it is shown that that Pseudomonas aeuruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus were both destroyed by of ethanol(70%) at all time set intervals of (1, 2, 5, 10 and 15 minutes). Ethanol has different capabilities as revealed in the lab experiment. . Due to its rapid evaporation nature, ethanol is an intermediate limited level germicide with restricted contact time and limited ability to infiltrate the organic matter. The results from the experiment at 1 and 2 minutes confirm the fast acting characteristic of ethanol as it kills most bacteria in 5 …show more content…
For instance penicillin is known to be effective against gram positive bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus of which during its activity forms surface protein that binds and leads to the osmotic lysis (Willey et al, 2011 page832). However, there are some emergences of bacteria resistance to penicillin causing pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus infections know as Methicillin – resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (Chaitow, 1998) commonly found in hospitals.
The results showed that Ciprofloxacin (C) was effective against S. aureus solid proof backing the literature that the drug has capabilities against gram-negative species better than Gram –positive (Heritage et al, 1999). The diameter of inhibition zone (21mm) was larger than the standard diameter given as >14. There are new strain resistant caused by altercations in topoisomerase(Willey, et al 2008). From the different studies, Ampicillin produced the comparable results against S.aureus because of its efficacy on both gram-negative and positive