Synergistic and additive effect of oregano essential oil and biological silver nanoparticles against multidrug-resistant bacterial strains

Bacterial resistance to conventional antibiotics has become a clinical and public health problem, making therapeutic decisions more challenging. Plant compounds and nanodrugs have been proposed as potential antimicrobial alternatives. Studies have shown that oregano (Origanum vulgare) essential oil...

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Main Authors: Sara eScandorieiro, Larissa Ciappina de Camargo, Cesar Armando eContreras, Sueli Fumie eYamada-Ogatta, Celso Vataru eNakamura, Admilton Gonçalves de Oliveira Junior, Célia Guadalupe Tardeli Andrade, Nelson Eduardo eDurán-Caballero, Gerson eNakazato, Renata Katsuko Takayama Kobayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00760/full