Antimicrobial efficacy of the alkaloid harmaline alone and in combination with chlorhexidine digluconate against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus grown in planktonic and biofilm cultures

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 475-482

  Xing, M ^a   Shen, F ^a   Liu, L ^a   Chen, Z ^b   Guo, N ^a   Wang, X ^a,a   Wang, W ^a   Zhang, K ^c   Wu, X ^a   Li, Y ^a   Sun, S ^d   Yu, L ^a,e  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG BAYI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^e CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Biofilm; Chlorhexidine digluconate; Harmaline; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ALKALOIDS; BACTERIA; DRUG THERAPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; METABOLITES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM CULTURES; CHLORHEXIDINE DIGLUCONATE; CLINICAL ISOLATES; CONCENTRATION INDICES; HARMALINE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNERGY;

BIOFILMS;

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; HARMALINE;

ALKALOID; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INHIBITOR; LASER; MICROORGANISM; SYNERGISM;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BROTH DILUTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84859601950     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03233.x     Document Type: Article

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