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Table 1 MIC% (v/v) of various honey samples against multidrug resistant bacterial isolates in Ayder Referral Hospital, January–May 2015

From: Evaluation of antibacterial activity of honey against multidrug resistant bacteria in Ayder Referral and Teaching Hospital, Northern Ethiopia

Honey dilutions

Test bacteria

Net (1)

1/2

1/4

1/8

1/16

1/32

1/64

1/128

Areas

MIC% (v/v)

S. aureus

+

+

+

TR

6.25

P. mirabilis

+

+

+

+

TR

12.5

P. aeruginosa

+

+

+

+

+

TR

25

CoNS

+

+

+

+

TR

12.5

S. pyogenes

+

+

+

TR

6.25

K. pneumoniae

+

+

+

+

+

TR

25

E. coli

+

+

+

+

TR

12.5

S. aureus

+

+

+

TW

6.25

P. mirabilis

_

+

+

+

+

TW

12.5

P. aeruginosa

+

+

+

+

+

+

TW

50

CoNS

+

+

+

+

+

+

TW

50

S. pyogenes

+

+

+

TW

6.25

K. pneumoniae

+

+

+

+

+

+

TW

50

E. coli

+

+

+

+

TW

12.5

S. aureus

+

+

+

+

SR

12.5

P. mirabilis

+

+

+

SR

6.25

P. aeruginosa

+

+

+

+

SR

12.5

CoNS

+

+

+

+

SR

12.5

S. pyogenes

+

+

+

SR

6.25

K. pneumoniae

+

+

+

+

+

SR

25

E. coli

+

+

+

+

SR

12.5

S. aureus

+

+

+

+

SW

12.5

P. mirabilis

+

+

+

+

SW

12.5

P. aeruginosa

+

+

+

+

+

SW

25

CoNS

+

+

+

+

SW

12.5

S. pyogenes

+

+

+

+

SW

12.5

K. pneumoniae

+

+

+

+

+

SW

25

E. coli

+

+

+

+

SW

12.5

S. aureus

+

+

+

+

AR

12.5

P. mirabilis

+

+

+

AR

6.25

P. aeruginosa

+

+

+

+

+

AR

25

CoNS

+

+

+

+

+

AR

25

S. pyogenes

+

+

+

AR

6.25

K. pneumoniae

+

+

+

+

+

AR

25

E. coli

+

+

+

+

+

AR

25

S. aureus

+

+

+

+

AW

12.5

P. mirabilis

+

+

+

+

AW

12.5

P. aeruginosa

+

+

+

+

+

+

AW

50

CoNS

+

+

+

+

+

+

AW

50

S. pyogenes

+

+

+

AW

6.25

K. pneumoniae

+

+

+

+

+

AW

25

E. coli

+

+

+

+

+

+

AW

25

  1. NB. TR and TW Temben red and white, SR and SW Samre red and white, and AR and AW Atsbi red and white