An Original Invitro Study for Evaluating Antimicrobial Efficacy of Ampicillin, Vancomycin, Ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin, Metronidazole and Calcium Hydroxide Against Enterococus Faecalis
Abstract
Abhinav chand singhal, Aditi jain, Pratik Surana, Jayesh Tiwari, Neha Saini and Ankita Ukey
Aim and objectives: Aim of this study is to evaluate the antimicrobial effectiveness of Ampicillin, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin, metronidazole and calcium hydroxide against enterococus faecalis.
Materials and methods: Ampicillin, vancomycin, ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin, metronidazole & calcium hydroxide were used to assess the antimicrobial efficiency against Enterococcus faecalis using the agar well diffusion test. Agar plates were incubated at 370 �?C for 24 hours in an incubator. The diameter of bacterial inhibition zones around each well was recorded to the nearest size in mm.
Results: Higher mean zone of inhibition was recorded in ciprofloxacin and calcium hydroxide followed by Ampicillin and vancomycin respectively. The lowest mean zone of inhibition was found in vancomycin.
Conclusion: From the present study, it can be concluded that ciprofloxacin shows comparable zones of inhibition with that of calcium hydroxide.