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The present work aimed to find out the antimicrobial activity of natural spices on multi-drug resistant <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> isolates.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Anti-bacterial potentials of six crude plant extracts (<jats:italic>Allium sativum<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Zingiber officinale<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Allium cepa<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Coriandrum sativum<\/jats:italic>, <jats:italic>Piper nigrum<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Citrus aurantifolia<\/jats:italic>) were tested against five <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> isolated from potable water sources at kushtia, Bangladesh.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>All the bacterial isolates were susceptible to undiluted lime-juice. None of them were found to be susceptible against the aqueous extracts of garlic, onion, coriander, pepper and ginger alone. However, all the isolates were susceptible when subjected to 1:1:1 aqueous extract of lime, garlic and ginger. The highest inhibition zone was observed with lime (11 mm).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Natural spices might have anti-bacterial activity against enteric pathogens and could be used for prevention of diarrheal diseases. 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