LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Origanum vulgare L. essential oil inhibits the growth of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria

Vasconcelos, Nathalie Gaebler; Croda, Júlio; Silva, Késia Esther; Motta, Maria Lorenza Leal; Maciel, Wirlaine Glauce; Limiere, Letícia Cristina; Simionatto, Simone.

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop; 52 (), 2019

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Plant products are sources for drug development against multidrug resistant bacteria. METHODS The antimicrobial activity of Origanum vulgare L. essential oil (OVeo) against carbapenem-resistant strains was assessed by disk-diffusion, microdilution (REMA-Resazurin Microtiter Ass...

Acinetobacter baumannii/efectos de los fármacos, Acinetobacter baumannii/crecimiento & desarrollo, Antibacterianos/clasificación, Antibacterianos/farmacología, Proteínas Bacterianas, Carbapenémicos/farmacología, Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana Múltiple, Bacterias Gramnegativas/efectos de los fármacos, Bacterias Gramnegativas/crecimiento & desarrollo, Klebsiella pneumoniae/efectos de los fármacos, Klebsiella pneumoniae/crecimiento & desarrollo, Pruebas de Sensibilidad Microbiana, Aceites Volátiles/farmacología, Origanum/química, Serratia marcescens/efectos de los fármacos, Serratia marcescens/crecimiento & desarrollo, beta-Lactamasas

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Brote por Serratia marcescens en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales: Guayaquil-Ecuador

We report a Serratia marcescens outbreak occurred in the NICU of a pediatric hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Nine cases of infection were detected, from which septicemia was developed in 55.5%. The index case was a newborn derived from another institution with septic arthritis caused by the outbreak stra...