Synergistic antimicrobial activity between pentacyclic triterpenoids and antibiotics against <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>strains

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>There has been considerable effort to discover plant-derived antibacterials against methicillin-resistant strains of <it>Staphylococcus aureus </it>(MRSA) which have developed resistance to most existing antibiotics, incl...

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Main Authors: Navaratnam Parasakthi, Chung Pooi, Chung Lip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Online Access:http://www.ann-clinmicrob.com/content/10/1/25