Antibacterial activity of the essential oil of Origanum vulgare L. (Lamiaceae) against bacterial multiresistant strains isolated from nosocomial patients

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 19, Issue 1 B, 2009, Pages 236-241

  Da Costa, Adalberto Coelho ^a   Dos Santos, Bernadete Helena Cavalcanti ^a   Filho, Lauro Santos ^a   Lima, Edeltrudes De Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Multiresistant bacteria; Origanum vulgare

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; OREGANO EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCREENING; SPECIES;

EID: 69949100748     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2009000200010     Document Type: Article

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