Antibacterial activity of Australian plant extracts against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 444-448

  Palombo, Enzo A ^a   Semple, Susan J ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ACACIA; AMYEMA; CYPERACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EREMOPHILA; FABACEAE; LEPIDOSPERMA; LORANTHACEAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA; SANTALUM ACUMINATUM; SCROPHULARIACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036916085     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4028(200212)42:6<444::AID-JOBM444>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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