Research Article

Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of the Decoction of Tropidurus hispidus (Spix, 1825) and Tropidurus semitaeniatus (Spix, 1825) Used by the Traditional Medicine

Table 4

MIC values ( g/mL) of aminoglycosides in the absence and presence of 128  g/mL of decoctions of T. hispidus or T. semitaeniatus against Escherichia coli 27, Staphylococcus aureus 358, and Pseudomonas aeuruginosa RB1.

EC 27SA 358PA RB1
MICMIC combinedMICMIC combinedMICMIC combined
DTHDTSDTHDTSDTHDTS

Antibiotic
 Kanamycin78.178.178.1156.239.139.1625625625
 Amikacin78.178.178.1156.2156.219.5312.5312.5312.5
 Neomycin78.178.178.178.178.178.162578.1156.2
 Gentamicin19.519.519.59.89.89.878.119.519.5

DTH: decoction of Tropidurus hispidus; DTS: decoction of tropidurus semitaeniatus.