Antibacterial spectrum of umckaloabo (pelargonium sidoides) on upper airway infection agents

European Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-248

  Uslu, Hakan ^a   Yörük, Özgür ^a   Ayyildiz, Ahmet ^a   Aktan, Bülent ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Pelargonium sidoides; Upper airway infection

Indexed keywords

PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; UMCKALOABO;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACILLI; BACILLUS CEREUS; BROTH DILUTION; DIPHTHERIA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROAT CULTURE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 74849131332     PISSN: 13043889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29333/ejgm/82677     Document Type: Article

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