Effect The Mixture of Savlon on Bacterial Resistance of Antibiotics

The mixture of Savlon with seven chemical disinfectants (Hibitane, Formalin, Septicin, Savlon, Dettol , Iodine and Biotic) was tested. it appeared that Hibitane had the highest effect at (88.23, 88.88 and 100%) concentrations on Gram negative bacilli, Gram positive cocci and Gram positive bacilli. The effect of disinfectant on bacterial resistance of antibiotic, so bacteria treated with Sub-Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations of savlon mixed with other disinfectants which lead to an increase of resistance of some and the sensitivity of others.