Abstract
ABSTRACT The study concerned the inhibitory effect of vinegar towards the bacteria isolated from burn infections including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus ,Klebsiella pneumoniae,Escherichia coli,Proteus mirabilis,Klebsiella oxytoca by choosing five samples of vinegar as the Iraqi apple vinegar, Iraqi date vinegar,(both from Al-Badawi trademark),home made apple and date vinegar, Jordanian apple and grape vinegar . The Acetic acid contents was estimated in each type. The results showed that all vinegar types, has high inhibitory effect against the isolated bacterial species when compared with Floumizin ointment which was used as control supremacy in its effect against most of the isolated bacterial species. Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed high sensitivity towards the various types of vinegar. More over this study included also, the effect of the Iraqi apple vinegar (Al-Badawi) in treating burns in three patients and comparing it with the Floumizin ointment. The number of bacteria in (1) gm of tissues before and after the treatment with vinegar were estimated. The results showed a reduction in the number of bacteria in the area treated with vinegar which was (8.5x108) cell/gm compared with their numbers before treatment which was (11.5x1013) cell/gm in contrary to treatment with Floumizin which was (17.5x108) cell/gm. More over this study included also, the effect of vinegar in the burned tissues and showed that it had good effect in restoring of damaged tissue layers and aids to their healing.
