Occurrence of Potential Bacterial Pathogens and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns Isolated from Herbal Medicinal Products Sold in Different Markets of Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Correlation microbial contaminants with different herbal preparations in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, from April 1 to May 25, 2013.

Sample ID	Nature of sample/therapeutic claims	Scientific name	Isolated bacteria	Sample ID	Nature of sample/therapeutic claims	Scientific name	Isolated bacteria
01A	Liquid: antigastric & GI problem	ND	Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter	07A	Powder: antiabdominal problem	Cucurbita maxima	Bacillus spp. S. epidermidis, Citrobacter diversus
01B	Liquid: anticonstipation	ND	No	08A	Powder: antiliver infection	Terminalia schimperiana	Providencia stuartii
01C	Powder: antihypertension & fungal infection	Dodonaea angustifolia	Enterobacter aerogenes, Bacillus spp., P. aeuroginosa	08B	Powder: evil eye	Myrica salicifolia	E. coli, Bacillus spp. Providencia
01D	Powder: anti-heliments & sinus	Cucurbita maxima	S. aureus, S. dysenteriae, Providencia stwarti	09A	Liquid: antiwound & fungal infection	Plumbago zeylanicum	Bacillus spp. & Enterobacter cloacae
01E	Powder: antiwound infection	Plumbago zeylanicum	Bacillus spp.	09B	Powder: antiabdominal problem	ND	Citrobacter diversus, E. coli, S. dysenteriae, Bacillus spp.
01F	Powder: anti-HIV	Foeniculum vulgare	S. pyogen	10A	Powder: anti-UTI infection	Clerodendrum myricoides	Enterobacter cloacae, K. pneumonia
01G	Powder: effective for menstrual abnormality	ND	Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter, Acinetobacter spp., S. dysenteriae	10B	Powder: acts as pellagra	ND	Providencia,   Citrobacter, K. ozaenae, Bacillus spp.
01H	Powder: effective against warts & bleeding	Calotropis procera	Bacillus spp.	11A	Powder: antigastric	ND	Bacillus spp., S. aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
01I	Liquid: antiotitis media	Withania somnifera	Salmonella spp., S. dysenteriae, E. coli,; K. pneumoniae	11B	Powder: antiliver disease	ND	No growth
02A	Powder: effective for kidney and liver infections	Jestica schimperiana	Enterobacter cloacae, Serratia, Bacillus spp.	12A	Liquid: effective for otitis media	Withania somnifera	S. aureus, S. pyogen, K. pneumonia, enterococci, K. ozaenae
02B	Powder: effective for kidney infections	Plumbago zelylanicum	Enterobacter cloacae, Acinetobacter, Bacillus spp., E. coli	13A	Liquid: swollen wound	Brucea antidysenterica	No growth
03A	Powder: antiwart & wound	ND	Enterobacter cloacae & K. ozaenzae	13B	Powder: wound infection	Clerodendrum myricoides	S. aureus, Bacillus spp.
03B	Powder: antiasthma	Rumex abyssinicus	Bacillus spp., S. aureus, P. aurognosa; Acinetobacter spp.	13C	Powder: effective against liver disease	Thymus schimperi	Bacillus spp., S. epidermidis
03C	Powder: antiscar	ND	Bacillus spp.	13D	Powder: rabbis virus	ND	S. saprophyticus & Bacillus spp.
03D	Liquid: antifungal	Dodonaea amgustifolica	Serratia	14A	Powder: antiepilepsy	ND	S. aureus, Bacillus spp., K. pneumoniae, Citrobacter diversus
03E	Powder: antifungal & skin disease	Brucea antidysenterica	Providencia stuartii, E. coli, Serratia, Salmonella spp., S. dysenteriae	14B	Powder: anticancer	Plumbago zeylanicum & ND	Serratia, E. coli, S. dysenteriae, Bacillus spp.
04A	Powder: antiwart	Cucumis prophetarum	Bacillus spp.	15A	Powder: antiparalysis	ND	E. coli, K. pneumonia, Enterobacter aerogenes, Salmonella spp., S. epidermidis
05A	Powder: antiwart	Plumbago zeylanicum	E. coli, S. dysenteriae, Enterobacter	16A	Liquid: antidiarrheal	ND	S. pyogenes & Bacillus spp.
06A	Powder: acts as pellagra	Aloe vera	Enterobacter cloacae, S. aureus, S. epidermidis, K. pneumonia	16B	Liquid: anti-intestinal parasites	Oxalis semiloba	S. pyogen
16C	Powder: anti-intestinal parasites	ND	Enterobacter cloacae	18B	Powder: antiherpes zoster virus	ND	S. saprophyticus, K. pneumonia
16D	Powder: anti-intestinal parasites & food poisoning	ND	K. pneumonia, S. dysenteriae	19A	Liquid: antirash	ND	Bacillus spp.
16E	Powder: antisinus & nose asthma	Myrica salicifolia	S. epidermidis, Bacillus spp.	19B	Liquid: antiepilepsy	ND	Bacillus spp.
16F	Liquid: antiwound infection	Clerodendrum myricoides	Bacillus spp.; Enterobacter cloacae	19C	Powder: antimalaria intestinal parasites & cancer	Croton macrostachyus	S. dysenteriae, K. pneumonia
16G	Powder: antiwound infection	Clerodendrum myricoides	S. dysenteriae, Bacillus spp.	19D	Powder: antiwound	Clerodendrum myricoides	S. aureus, S. dysenteriae
17A	Powder: antiwound infection & diarrhea	ND	No growth	19E	Powder: antifungal	Aloe vera	K. pneumonia, Providencia stuarti,; Serratia
17B	Powder: antigastric	ND	S. aureus, K. pneumonia,; S. dysenteriae	19F	Liquid: antiotitis media	Withania somnifera	No growth
18A	Powder: anti-intestinal parasites & burns	ND	Shigella dysenteriae, E. coli	20A	Powder: antiepilepsy	ND	Citrobacter, Bacillus spp.
				20B	Powder: antidiabetes & MTB	ND	E. coli, Bacillus spp.

ND: not yet determined, ID: identification number, the same number or ID indicates a single herbalist and spellings in front of numbers indicate different herbal medicines of the same herbalist.