Antibacterial activity of clove extracts against phagogenic strains including clinically resistant isolates of Shigella and Vibrio cholerae

Clove extracts (petroleum ether, chloroform and ethanol extracts) were tested in vitro for their antibacterial activity against forty isolates of pathogenic bacteria including clinically resistant (resistant to amipicillin and nalidixic acid) strains of twenty five Shigella and four. Vibrio. All of the isolates except Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed promising sensitivity to the extracts.