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        <journal-title>American Journal of Pharmacy and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">AJPHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2321-3647</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJPHR19007</article-id>
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        <article-title>Assessment of Microbiological Quality and the Anti-Bacterial Traits of Sterile Liquids Used for Medication of Eye and Ear Infections in Bangladesh</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Raton</surname>
            <given-names>Kohinoor Akter</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hossain</surname>
            <given-names>Md. Asif</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Noor</surname>
            <given-names>Mrityunjoy Acharjee1 and Rashed</given-names>
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      <aff id="aff1">Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, 51 Siddeswari Road, Dhaka 1217, Bangladesh</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2013-12-01">
        <month>12</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2013</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>1</volume>
      <issue>9</issue>
      <abstract>
        <p>Current study endeavored to examine the microbiological quality as well as the anti-bacterial traits of different sterile liquid drops commonly applied for the treatment of eye and ear infections in Bangladesh. Fifteen (15) different types of liquid drops manufactured in different pharmaceutical industries were microbiologically examined through common, traditional and replicable cultural and biochemical tests. Total viable bacterial and fungal load (~101 -104 cfu/ml) showed repugnant contamination of which 7 samples significantly exceeded United States Pharmacopeia (USP) or British Pharmacopeia (BP) limit (</p>
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        <kwd>Eye &amp; Ear drops</kwd>
        <kwd>microbiological quality</kwd>
        <kwd>antimicrobial activity</kwd>
        <kwd>public health.</kwd>
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