10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 6 Issue 2 2015 (April - June) Garlic ( lessThan i greaterThan Allium sativum lessThan /i greaterThan L lessThan i greaterThan . lessThan /i greaterThan ) and ginger lessThan i greaterThan (Zingiber officinale R lessThan /i greaterThan .) has been used for thousands of years for medicinal purposes. Historically, garlic has been used worldwide to fight bacterial infections.Multi-drug resistant bacteria and their incidence has risen dramatically in recent years. Allium vegetables, particularly garlic ( lessThan i greaterThan Allium sativum lessThan /i greaterThan L.) exhibit a broad antibiotic spectrum against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.Methicillin Resistant lessThan i greaterThan Staphylococcus aureus lessThan /i greaterThan (MRSA) are the major cause of nosocomial infections including pneumonia, post-operative wound infection,bacteremia and other infections worldwide. The lessThan i greaterThan in vitro lessThan /i greaterThan antibacterial activity of crude extracts and fresh juice of lessThan i greaterThan Allium sativum L lessThan /i greaterThan . (garlic), lessThan i greaterThan Allium ampeloprasum L lessThan /i greaterThan .(elephant garlic) and lessThan i greaterThan Zingiber officinale R lessThan /i greaterThan .(ginger) was determined and compared against clinical strains of methicillin resistant lessThan i greaterThan Staphylococcus aureus lessThan /i greaterThan . lessThan i greaterThan Allium ampeloprasum lessThan /i greaterThan fresh juice showed maximum inhibition against all the MRSA strains at a concentration of 100µl/ml followed by the fresh juice of lessThan i greaterThan Allium sativum lessThan /i greaterThan .The crude extracts and fresh juice of lessThan i greaterThan Zingiber officinale lessThan /i greaterThan showed no activity at the concentration tested. This study confirms the higher therapeutic potential of lessThan i greaterThan Allium ampeloprasum lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Allium sativum lessThan /i greaterThan against MRSA. ANANTHAN ANUSWEDHA AND USHA ANANDA RAO MRSA, antibacterial, Allium vegetables 404-408