Inhibitory effect of Allium sativum and Zingiber officinale extracts on clinically important drug resistant pathogenic bacteria.

Background: Herbs and spices are very important and useful as therapeutic agent against many pathological infections. Increasing multidrug resistance of pathogens forces to find alternative compounds for treatment of infectious diseases.

Methods: In the present study the antimicrobial potency of garlic and ginger has been investigated against eight local clinical bacterial isolates.