Combination of essential oils and antibiotics reduce antibiotic resistance in plasmid-conferred multidrug resistant bacteria

Phytomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8-9, 2013, Pages 710-713

  Yap, Polly Soo Xi ^a   Lim, Swee Hua Erin ^a   Hu, Cai Ping ^a   Yiap, Beow Chin ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Checkerboard assay; Combination; Essential oil; Resistance; Synergism

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CINNAMON EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; LAVENDER OIL; MEROPENEM; PEPPERMINT; PIPERACILLIN; TEA TREE OIL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CINNAMON; LAVENDER; MARJORAM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84878031627     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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