In vitro activity of certain drugs in combination with plant extracts against Staphylococcus aureus infections

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 541-544

  Adwan, Ghaleb Mohammad ^a   Abu Shanab, Bassam Ali ^a   Adwan, Kamel Mohammad ^a  

^a AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Antibiotics; Drugs; Ethanolic plant extracts; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; GUAVA EXTRACT; LAWSONIA INERMIS EXTRACT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS CORIARIA EXTRACT; SACROPOTERIUM SPINOSUM EXTRACT; SULFADIMETHOXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SCREENING; GUAVA; HUMAN; LAWSONIA INERMIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RHUS CORIARIA; SACROPOTERIUM SPINOSUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 51849110482     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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