Assessing the antibiotic potential of essential oils against Haemophilus ducreyi

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lindeman, Zachary ^a   Waggoner, Molly ^a   Batdorff, Audra ^a   Humphreys, Tricia L ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chancroid; Essential oil; Haemophilus ducreyi

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EUGENIA; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLUS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM LETHAL CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; THYMUS; THYMUS SATUREIOIDE; CHANCROID; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PHYTOTHERAPY; THYMUS (PLANT);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHANCROID; CINNAMOMUM ZEYLANICUM; EUGENIA; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; THYMUS PLANT;

EID: 84902077903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-172     Document Type: Article

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