Antibacterial activity of various honey types of Algeria against Pathogenic Gram-Negative Bacilli: Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-214

  Moussa, Ahmed ^a   Noureddine, Djebli ^b   Abdelmelek, Meslem ^a   Saad, Aissat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TIARET   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAGANEM   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Escherichia coli; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TOBRAMYCIN;

ALGERIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HONEY; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84861371764     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(12)60048-6     Document Type: Article

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