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Many pathogenic bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to many commonly used antibiotics including penicillins, macrolides and aminoglycosides.Hence in the present study efficacy of phytobiotics of Tridax procumbens (Linn) was assessed against the Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus Streptococcus pyogens and Pseudomonas aeruginosa cultured from wound swab samples of 50 patients of diverse types of wounds. The crude extract of leaves of Tridax procumbens L. was used and compared with cephalosporin, amoxicillin and streptomycin as control. The results of antibacterial resistant profile of Tridax procumbens L. showed that there is an increase in the efficacy up to 16-24% for E.coli ; 9-18% for Streptococcus pyogens and 15-30% for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The results are on par with all selected antibiotics for Staphylococcus aureus. Hence it is recommended that an alternative to antibiotics are the phytobiotics of Tridax procumbens (Linn) for the rapid healing of wounds.

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