Investigation of essential oils to fight multiresistant bacteria in hygienic and therapeutic applications

International Journal of Essential Oil Therapeutics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 51-55

  Ezzaouia, S ^a   Chami, N ^a   Chami, F ^a   Bennis, S ^a   Filali Maltouf, A ^b   Remmal, A ^a  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Essential oils; Hygienic and therapeutic application; Multi drug resistance; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CARVACROL; CARVONE; CEFALOTIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHAVICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CITRAL; CLAVULANIC ACID; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUGENOL; EUGENYL ACETATE; FARNESENE; GENTAMICIN; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; NALIDIXIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TERPINEN 4 OL; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HYGIENE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34547787161     PISSN: 19614209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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