Publications by authors named "Somayya Ramla"
Article Synopsis
- The rivers Swat and Kabul in northwestern Pakistan are essential for water supply, but they are contaminated due to human activities, prompting a study on antibiotic resistance in river bacteria.
- A total of 50 Gram-negative bacterial isolates were collected from 10 locations and tested against 12 antibiotics, revealing significant levels of antibiotic resistance, particularly to cefixime and cephalothin.
- The presence of various antibiotic resistance genes was noted, emphasizing the urgency for better waste management to protect water quality and public health.
We report the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases and carbapenemases in Escherichia coli isolated from retail chicken in Peshawar, Pakistan. One hundred E. coli isolates were recovered from retail chicken.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate the antimicrobial activity, hemagglutination and phytotoxic activity of crude ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Seriphidium kurramense.
Methods: The extracts were analyzed by agar well diffusion assays against five bacterial species: Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), methicillin-resistant S.
Tuberculosis is a major infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Antimicrobial drugs are used to control TB infections. Molecular mechanisms controlling resistance to second-line drugs are not completely understood and no endogenous information is available regarding these mechanisms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report some of the pharmacological features of the medicinal plant Ocimum basilicum.
Methods: In the current studies, Antifungal activity of crude methanolic fraction of Ocimum basilicum was determined against eight pathogenic fungal strains using tube dilution assay. The methanolic fraction was also investigated for phytotoxic and hemagglutination activity.