Table 4.

Antimicrobial screening results of pefloxacin and its complexes evaluated by the mean inhibition zone in mm

Compound	Gram negative bacteria		Gram positive bacteria		Fungi
	Escherichia coli	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Streptococcus pneumonia	Bacillus subtilis	Aspergillus fumigatus	Candida albicans
Pefloxacin mesylate dihydrate	22.4 ± 0.63	nda	21.2 ± 0.63	23.2 ± 0.63	nda	nda
[Cu(Pf)2(H2O)2].3H2O	22.1 ± 0.72	nda	24.3 ± 1.2	25.4 ± 0.58	18.3 ± 0.63	nda
[Cu(HPf)(bipy)(NO3)]NO3.2H2O	21.6 ± 0.63	nda	19.6 ± 1.2	20.8 ± 0.63	nda	nda
[Cu(HPf)(phen)(NO3)]NO3.2H2O	20.3 ± 0.63	nda	18.3 ± 0.58	18.9 ± 0.25	nda	nda
Amphotericin B					23.7 ± 0.1	25.4 ± 0.1
Ampicillin			23.8 ± 0.2	32.4 ± 0.3
Gentamicin	19.9 ± 0.3	17.3 ± 0.1

nda = no detected activity