Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and carvacrol, and synergy of carvacrol and erythromycin, against clinical, erythromycin-resistant Group A Streptococci

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Magi, Gloria ^a   Marini, Emanuela ^a   Facinelli, Bruna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Erythromycin; Essential oils; Group A streptococci; Origanum; Synergy; Thyme

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; CARVACROL; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; TEA TREE OIL; THYME OIL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL INVASION; CELL VIABILITY; CHECKERBOARD ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; FRACTIONAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION INDEX; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LIVE DEAD ASSAY; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; TIME KILL CURVE;

LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; ORIGANUM; ORIGANUM VULGARE; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84927124840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00165     Document Type: Article

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