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Wissam Zam ¹, Rim Harfouch ², Salwa Bittar ², Meray Sayegh ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences, Tartous, SY
2 Department of Microbiology, Al-Andalus University for Medical Sciences, Tartous, SY

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen causing severe, acute and chronic nosocomial infections in urinary and pulmonary tracts, burns and wounds. Currently, there is an urgent and global need for alternative antimicrobial strategies to fight the continuous rise of P. aeruginosa resistance to different antibiotics. This led to a re-evaluation of the therapeutic use of ancient medicines such as honey. Different concentrations ranging from 0.02-50% of six different Syrian honeys were used in this study against resistant P. aeruginosa. The minimum inhibitory concentration was determined using spectrophotometric at 620 nm. Carduoideae flowers, black seed, anise and oak honey samples showed a MIC of 12.5%, whereas the MIC of Montana and cotton honey samples was 25%. In conclusion, Syrian honey possesses an in vitro antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa and could be an alternative topical choice in the treatment of wound infections.

Keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Syrian Honey, MIC.

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Oussama Mansour ¹, Ahlam Habib ², Rim Harfouch ³

Affiliations
1 1Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al Andalus University, Tartous, SY
2 Department of Chemistry, Al Andalus University, Tartous, SY
3 Department of Microbiology, Al Andalus University, Tartous, SY

Abstract

In this paper, the samples of Emergency departments water were collected in sterilized flasks from general hospitals of the Syrian Coast, during the period (15/5/2015 to 20-11 - 2015). The water samples were analyzed for pH, Turbidity, Electrical conductivity, TDS, Sal%, Iron, Copper, Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, Sulphate, Phosphate, Chloride, as well as the microbial analysis. The result was: the physicochemical values of hospital water samples were within a permissible limit by the standard procedure mentioned in WHO and Syrian standards S.N.S:45/2007, the microbial analysis shows that hospital water got polluted with E. coli and Coli form. The purpose of this study is to make physicochemical and microbiological tests to assess the safety of hospital water on patients' health.

Keywords

Emergency Departments, Hospital Water, pH, E.coli, TDS, Turbidity, Conductivity.

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