In vitro activity of Bulgarian propolis against 94 clinical isolates of anaerobic bacteria

Anaerobe

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 173-177

  Boyanova, Lyudmila ^a   Kolarov, Rossen ^b   Gergova, Galina ^a   Mitov, Ivan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Activity; Anaerobic; Bacteria; Inhibition; Propolis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROPOLIS;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BULGARIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROPOLIS;

APOIDEA; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM;

EID: 33748324705     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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