Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of some plant extracts against antibiotic susceptible and resistant bacterial strains causing wound infection

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Table 5 Antimicrobial activity (in mm) of plant extracts against tested bacterial isolates

Bacterial isolates	Diameter of inhibition zone in mm
	Moringa oleifera extracts			Metricaria recutita extracts
	Aqueous	Ethanol 95%	Methanol 80 %	Aqueous	Ethanol 95%	Methanol 80%
Escherichia coli
E 1	19	15	10	15	10	10
E 2	16	13	10	13	6	6
E 3	13	12	11	12	10	10
E 4	15	15	14	11	12	14
E 5	15	10	14	11	15	14
E 6	19	13	15	19	12	13
E 7	16	12	15	16	10	13
E 8	16	13	16	15	12	15
Klebsiella spp.
K 1	19	12	12	11	12	6
K 2	16	6	10	15	18	20
K 3	12	6	6	22	14	15
K 4	14	12	6	20	16	18
K 5	21	11	11	20	17	17
K 6	17	7	11	16	18	21
K 7	23	15	20	23	14	20
K 8	16	6	15	15	12	15
P. aeruginosa
Ps 1	20	21	18	21	15	16
Ps 2	20	16	16	16	14	14
Ps 3	15	15	6	16	13	13
Ps 4	15	10	10	14	14	15
Ps 5	14	11	12	20	18	17
Ps 6	12	15	13	19	15	15
Ps 7	15	15	6	20	15	15
Ps 8	15	15	13	17	15	15
Ps 9	15	12	6	20	16	18
Ps 10	15	13	15	20	16	17
Ps 11	14	12	15	21	14	18
Ps 12	21	12	20	22	14	20
Ps 13	14	10	13	16	13	16
Proteus mirabilis
P1	15	13	13	13	19	25
S. aureus
Sa 1	15	22	25	20	27	23
Sa 2	13	15	15	23	25	30
Sa 3	17	19	15	25	24	24
Sa 4	16	23	25	30	26	30
Sa 5	16	21	25	20	26	29
Sa 6	13	12	14	15	6	20
Sa 7	20	19	25	30	24	30
Sa 8	13	12	16	20	19	24
Sa 9	20	15	25	25	20	30
S. epidermidis
S1	30	20	27	27	26	30