In vitro activity of tea-tree oil against clinical skin isolates of meticillin-resistant and -sensitive Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci growing planktonically and as biofilms

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1375-1380

  Brady, Aaron ^a   Loughlin, Ryan ^a   Gilpin, Deirdre ^a   Kearney, Paddy ^b   Tunney, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAGULASE; METICILLIN; TEA TREE OIL;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL SKIN REACTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; GLYCOCALYX; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SIMULATION; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; COAGULASE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANKTON; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 33750433548     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46558-0     Document Type: Article

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