Prevalence, pathogenesis, antibiotic susceptibility profiles, and in-vitro activity of selected medicinal plants against Aeromonas isolates from stool samples of patients in the Venda Region of South Africa

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 428-435

  Obi, C L ^a   Ramalivhana, J ^b   Samie, A ^b   Igumbor, E O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Aeromonas hydrophila; Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Microbial sensitivity tests; Plants, medicinal; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; OVIS ARIES; PTEROCARPUS; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; SUIDAE; SYZYGIUM CORDATUM; ZORNIA;

EID: 40049104689     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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