TheBenefitofExtractofCactusPricklyPeartoDecreasetheGrowing

ofStaphylococcusaureus,StreptococcusmutansandCandidaalbicans

Introduction:

Therearesomanykindofinfectiousdiseasesandparasite,andtheyhavecharacterslikeself
limitinguntilthebiggestcausedofdeath.Indonesianhospitalisrecorded16.769life,the
deathratescausedinfectiousdiseasesandparasite.Andthisnumberoccupied2 ndhighest
belowthesystemiccirculationofblooddiseaseson2008.Deathcausedbyinfectionof
bacteryinoralcavity.forexamples:Staphylococcusaureus,Candidaalbicans,dan
Streptococcusmutans

S.aureusisoftendiscoveredinfieldofdentistry,thisbacterycausedabses,infectionof
injure,andinfectioninvasivetomucosa

C.albicansisafloranormalinoralcavity,butsometimescauseddiseases.theexistenceof
c.albicansinoralcavityisnotalwayssignofdiseases.C.albicansisadimorfikfungi
becausetheyhasabilitytogrowupin2differentshapes,theyareasbudscellgrowinto
blastosporaandproducesprout,thesproutwillmakescasthyphae

S.mutansisapositivebactery.Theoptimumtemperatureforthisbacterytogrowisaround37
C.thecharacteristicofS.mutansisacidogenik,theyhaveapotencytoproducesacidandhave
acharacteristicacidodurik,theyhaveapotencytostayinacidenvironment.S.mutansishave
aspecialcharacteristic,theyhavearoleinformingcariesontheteeth