Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates to propolis extract alone or in combination with antimicrobial drugs

Molecules

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 9623-9640

  Wojtyczka, Robert D ^a   Dziedzic, Arkadiusz ^a   Idzik, Danuta ^a   Kepa, Małgorzata ^a   Kubina, Robert ^a   Kabała Dzik, Agata ^a   Smoleń Dzirba, Joanna ^a   Stojko, Jerzy ^a   Sajewicz, Mieczysław ^b   Wasik, Tomasz J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ethanolic extract of Polish propolis (EEPP); Methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA); Methicillin sensitive S. aureus (MSSA)

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROPOLIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECTS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG SYNERGISM; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROPOLIS;

EID: 84883163448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules18089623     Document Type: Article

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