ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Antibacterial Spectrum of Umckaloabo (Pelargonium Sidoides) on Upper Airway Infectıon Agents
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Atatürk University Medical Faculty,
Department of Microbiology, Erzurum,
Turkey
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Atatürk University Medical Faculty,
Department of Otorhinolaryngology,
Erzurum, Turkey
Online publication date: 2009-10-15
Publication date: 2009-10-15
Corresponding author
Ozgur Yoruk
Atatürk Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi,
Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı,
Erzurum/TURKEY.
Phone: +090 442 231 7137
Fax: +090 442 236 13 01
Eur J Gen Med 2009;6(4):245-248
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ABSTRACT
Aim: In this study we aimed to search the antibacterial effect
of the drugs with active ingredients of Pelargonium sidoides on
different bacterial species isolated from the throat cultures of
patients with upper airway infection.
Methods: Antibacterial activity on 72 Streptococci, 48 Stapyhlococcus,
32 Neisseriae spp, 20 Moraxella catarrhalis, and 20
Haemophilus influenzae was evaluated by using microdilution broth
method.
Results: Antibacterial effect was detected on 8 Neisseriae
spp, 4 Haemophilus influenzae, 4 Streptococcus pneumoniae, 4
Staphylococcus epidermidis and 4 Moraxella catharralis at 200
microgram and higher concentrations of the drug; but no meaningful
antibacterial activity on other kinds of bacteria tested was
observed
Conclusion: The scientific data with respect to antibacterial effect
of Pelargonium sidoides are hopeful, but it is unadvisable to use
this drug instead of antibiotic treatments.