Efficacy of Locally Isolated Lactic Acid Bacteria Against Antibiotic-Resistant Uropathogens.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antibiotic resistance represents a serious global health threat to public health, so infections such as pneumonia and urinary tract infection (UTI) are becoming harder to treat. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an action plan to restrain the problem of antibiotic resistance. One approach in UTI control could be the use of lactobacilli because these indigenous inhabitants in human intestine have been found to play an important role in protecting the host from various infections.

Objectives

We sought to check the efficacy of locally isolated Lactobacillus species to eradicate antibiotic-resistant pathogenic bacteria causing UTI.

Materials and methods

Lactic acid bacteria isolated from spoiled fruits and vegetables and grown in MRS medium were screened ag

SUBMITTER: Manzoor A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4833879 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature