Evaluation of antibacterial and antifungal activity of antimicrobial soaps.

Autor: Santos Junior CJ; Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil.; Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil., Lins FCCO; Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil., Santos PO; Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil., Silva VB; Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil., Barros YVR; Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil.; Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil., Araújo MAS; Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil., Rocha TJM; Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil.; Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil., Souza AKP; Universidade Estadual de Ciências da Saúde de Alagoas, Maceió, AL, Brasil.; Centro Universitário Cesmac, Maceió, AL, Brasil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia [Braz J Biol] 2022 Oct 07; Vol. 82, pp. e263364. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 07 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.263364
Abstrakt: Soaps play an important role in our hygiene and health, as they not only have a bactericidal effect but also remove dirt from the human body. To evaluate the effectiveness of soaps with antimicrobial activity from different commercial brands sold in Brazil. Tests of the antimicrobial activity of different soaps were carried out through diffusion in agar against the microorganisms Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Proteus mirabilis, and Candida albicans. All commercial soaps tested transfer antimicrobial inhibition halo formation against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa bacteria. Only two commercial soaps inhibit the species A. baumannii and C. albicans. None of the seven products studied showed inhibition of E. cloacae, P. mirabilis, and E. coli bacteria. When comparing the information contained in the packaging of the products with the results obtained during a survey, divergences were observed. The soaps that provide greater efficiency against the tested microorganisms were presented in presentations 1 and 2, which become useful against the bacteria species S. aureus, P. aeruginosa, and A. baumannii and a fungus species C. albicans. Marks 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 parallel the same sensitivity result opposite as bacteria of the species S. aureus and P. aeruginosa, with quantitative variation only of the inhibition halo. There was a divergence between the information contained in the packaging of the seven products under study and the results of the experimental tests.
Databáze: MEDLINE