Synergistic antibacterial activity of the combination of the alkaloid sanguinarine with EDTA and the antibiotic streptomycin against multidrug resistant bacteria

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 264-273

  Hamoud, Razan ^a   Reichling, Jürgen ^a   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EDTA; multidrug resistance; sanguinarine; streptomycin; synergy

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; SANGUINARINE; STREPTOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG SYNERGISM; EDETIC ACID; ISOQUINOLINES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 84921652332     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: 20427158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12326     Document Type: Article

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