Antibacterial effect of Allium sativum cloves and Zingiber officinale rhizomes against multiple-drug resistant clinical pathogens

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 597-601

  Karuppiah, Ponmurugan ^a,b   Rajaram, Shyamkumar ^b  

^a K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; Antibacterial activity; Garlic; Ginger; Multi drug resistant; Multiple antibiotic resistance; Zingiber officinale

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GARLIC EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; GINGER EXTRACT; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOME; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GARLIC; GINGER; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER SP.; KLEBSIELLA SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GARLIC; GINGER; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84860632228     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60104-X     Document Type: Article

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