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Novel polymaleimide containing dibenzoyl hydrazine pendant group, poly[N-benzoyl-4-(N-maleimido)-phenyl hydrazide], and its metal complexes have been synthesized. Their antimicrobial activity againstBacillus subtilis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, andEscherichia colibacteria and that againstAspergillus fumigatus, Syncephalastrum racemosum, Geotrichum candidum, andCandida albicansfungi were investigated. The polymer–metal complexes showed better antimicrobial activity than that of the parent polymer. The inhibition of the growth of the microbes remarkably depends on the type of the metal in the complexes. The polymer–Co(II) and the polymer–Cd(II) complexes are more potent in inhibition of the tested microbes growth than the rest of the prepared complexes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]