Antibacterial effect of oregano essential oil alone and in combination with antibiotics against extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-194

  Si, Hongbin ^a   Hu, Jinqiang ^b   Liu, Zhichang ^a   Zeng, Zhen Ling ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LISHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combination; ESBLs; Oregano essential oil

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; FLORFENICOL; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IC 50; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OREGANO; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; ORIGANUM;

EID: 45149084193     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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