IN VITRO EVALUTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS METHANOLIC AND ACETONE EXTRACTS PEGANUM HARMALA LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA AGAINST SOME HUMAN PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM

A pathogen is usually defined as a microorganism that causes, or can cause, disease. We have defined a pathogen as a microbe that can cause damage in a host. However, this definition immediately raises the question of what it is about the microorganism that enables it to cause disease or damage; and this takes us to an ongoing debate that dates back to the late 19th century when the germ theory...

A total number of 1735 clinically suspected as UTI cases were sent for urine culture sensi vity. Total culture posi ve were 239 (13.8%). The majority of isolates were from female pa ents comprising 180 (75%). The most common pathogenic microorganism isolated was E.coli (79.1%). Second most common organism was Klebsiella (11.7%) followed by Citrobacter (3.34%) and Proteus (2.92%). The isolated m...