In vitro antimicrobial activity of propolis against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Annals of Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-117

  Kilic, Abdullah ^a   Baysallar, Mehmet ^a   Besirbellioglu, Bulent ^a   Salih, Bekir ^b   Sorkun, Kadriye ^b   Tanyuksel, Mehmet ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Propolis; Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 21244486344     PISSN: 15904261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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