Microbial assessment of chloroquine solid in Minna

Abstract

Ten Chloroquine phosphate syrup brand retailed to the public were randomly purchased from different pharmacies and patient medicines stories in Minna, Niger State. These were examined for microbial contamination. The brands that were analyzed include PC, AC, MK, LQ, GC, MC., EZ, NQ, BF, AND CP. The results revealed that EZ, MC, and PC had a mean bacterial count of 1.0 x 103 cfu/ml and GC had a bacterial count of 2.0 x 10 3cfu/ml. NQ, BF, LQ and CP had fungal counts of 1.0 x 103 cfu/ml and PC had fungal counts of 2.0 X 102 cfu/ml. The Ph of the samples ranged from 4.3-6.0. The organisms isolated include Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus for bacteria and Aspergillus niger, Penicillium notatum, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus fumigaus for fungi. The presence of these organism pose a threat to human health particularly children