Do effects of some plant extracts and antibiotics on Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from various burn cases?
Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the predominant bacterial isolate followed by Staphylococcus aureus, then other type of bacterial was isolated in various percentage from each tetracycline covered burns and non-tetracycline covered burns. Most concentrations of the extracts of the studied plants showed a high antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and showed significant differences between susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from each tetracycline covered burn and non-tetracycline covered burn.
The re-operation rate for a redundant ureteric stump in this series was 8%. The risk of injury to the good ureter may outweigh the benefits of a complete ureterectomy.