The battle against multi-resistant strains: Renaissance of antimicrobial essential oils as a promising force to fight hospital-acquired infections

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 392-397

  Warnke, Patrick H ^a,b   Becker, Stephan T ^a   Podschun, Rainer ^a   Sivananthan, Sureshan ^c   Springer, Ingo N ^a   Russo, Paul A J ^d   Wiltfang, Joerg ^a   Fickenscher, Helmut ^a   Sherry, Eugene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

antimicrobial; Candida; disinfection; essential oil; Eucalyptus oil; hospital acquired infection; MRSA; multi resistant strains; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CINNAMON EXTRACT; CLOVE OIL; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; GRAPEFRUIT EXTRACT; KUNZEA OIL; LAVENDER OIL; LEMON OIL; LIQUID PARAFFIN; OLIVE OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; POVIDONE IODINE; SAGE OIL; SANDALWOOD OIL; TEA TREE OIL; THYME OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CINNAMON; CLOVE; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; DRUG EFFICACY; EUCALYPTUS; FIGHTING; GRAPEFRUIT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KUNZEA; LAVENDER; NONHUMAN; SOFT TISSUE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TEA; THYME; TOPICAL TREATMENT; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CANDIDIASIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

EID: 69249206594     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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