RESISTANCE ANALYSIS: ANTIBACTERIAL POTENCY OF COMMERCIAL TETRACYCLINE AVAILABLE IN ONE OF INDONESIAN PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER
Sri Agung Fitri Kusuma*, Danni Ramdhani, Dede Sediana and Ika Khumairoh
Abstract
Objective: this study was aimed to evaluate the tetracycline
commercial antibiotic potency as one of antibiotics used to treat
infections in Indonesian public health centers supporting prevention of
bacterial resistance. Methods: The potency of tetracycline commercial
antibiotic was determined by the agar diffusion method using 3+3
design against Staphylococcus aureus. Results: The results showed
that tetracycline commercial potency was 102 %. Conclusion: The
commercial tetracycline antibiotics used in the public health center
have fulfilled the requirement of Indonesian Pharmacopoeia, not less
than 97.5%.
Keywords: tetracycline, commercial, potency, public health center, Indonesia.
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