Synergistic effect of Myrtus communis L. essential oils and conventional antibiotics against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii wound isolates

Phytomedicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1666-1674

  Aleksic, Verica ^a   Mimica Dukic, Neda ^a   Simin, Natasa ^a   Nedeljkovic, Natasa Stankovic ^b   Knezevic, Petar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^b Health Center aleksinac Hygienic and Epidemiological Service   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Antimicrobial agents; Essential oils Myrtus communis; Multi drug resistant; Synergism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; POLYMYXIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYRTLE; NONHUMAN; SENSITIZATION; WOUND INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PLANT LEAF;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYRTUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; POLYMYXIN B;

EID: 84907197618     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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