What is it about?
The aim of this study was to investigate the microbial contamination of some non-sterile pharmaceuticals present in Iraq and study the susceptibility to selected antibiotics of bacterial isolates recovered from these medicaments. The results revealed that the occurrence of Gram-positive bacteria was in oral and topical medicaments while Gram-negative bacteria were only detected in topical medicaments. The high rate of resistance to antimicrobial agents of bacterial isolates recovered from oral and topical medicaments in this study may indicate a widespread antibiotic resistance among bacteria isolated from different sources, including those of anthropological and environmental origin.
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Why is it important?
The presence of microorganisms in pharmaceuticals is undesirable because they may cause spoilage of the product and may present an infection hazard to the consumers or patients.
Perspectives
Little or no attention has been paid to evaluate the presence of bacterial contaminations in NSPs available in Iraq, hence this study was carried out to investigate the incidence of microflora and detecting specific microorganisms in randomly selected samples of pharmaceutical products available in Iraq drug houses and private pharmacies in Babylon province, Iraq
Prof. Alaa H. Al-Charrakh
University of Babylon
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This page is a summary of: Frequency and antimicrobial resistance of bacteria isolated from oral and topical medicaments from Hilla, Iraq, The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, June 2012, Journal of Infection in Developing Countries,
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1817.
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