Antibacterial activity of Psidium guajava leaf and bark against multidrug-resistant vibrio cholerae: Implication for cholera control

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 271-274

  Rahim, Niaz ^a   Gomes, Donald James ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^c   Rahman, Sabita Rizwana ^b   Chomvarin, Chariya ^d   Endtz, Hubert P ^a   Alam, Munirul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUAVA EXTRACT; METHANOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BARK; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION CONTROL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BANGLADESH; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PSIDIUM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; CHOLERA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PSIDIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 77954994528     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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