Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles

A powder (EW1) made from a mixture of herbs used for the treatment of carbuncles by traditional medicine practitioners in China was investigated for anti staphylococcal activity by agar diffusion, time-kill studies and M.Le. determinations performed on 17 clinical isolates and a reference strain ATC...

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Main Authors: Thirthagiri, Eswary, Ngeow, Yun Fong
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Published: Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 2000
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spelling my.um.eprints.244772021-03-24T02:56:35Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/24477/ Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles Thirthagiri, Eswary Ngeow, Yun Fong R Medicine A powder (EW1) made from a mixture of herbs used for the treatment of carbuncles by traditional medicine practitioners in China was investigated for anti staphylococcal activity by agar diffusion, time-kill studies and M.Le. determinations performed on 17 clinical isolates and a reference strain ATCC 29213. It was found that EW1 had little demonstrable ib vitro activity against the clinical isolates tested but inhibited the growth of the ATCC strain at 10 mg/l and retarded its growth in broth culture by an average of 1.5 log reduction in colony count. Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 2000-06 Article PeerReviewed Thirthagiri, Eswary and Ngeow, Yun Fong (2000) Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles. Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC), 5 (1). pp. 48-50. ISSN 1823-7339 https://jummec.um.edu.my/article/view/4461
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Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles
description A powder (EW1) made from a mixture of herbs used for the treatment of carbuncles by traditional medicine practitioners in China was investigated for anti staphylococcal activity by agar diffusion, time-kill studies and M.Le. determinations performed on 17 clinical isolates and a reference strain ATCC 29213. It was found that EW1 had little demonstrable ib vitro activity against the clinical isolates tested but inhibited the growth of the ATCC strain at 10 mg/l and retarded its growth in broth culture by an average of 1.5 log reduction in colony count.
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author Thirthagiri, Eswary
Ngeow, Yun Fong
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Ngeow, Yun Fong
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title Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles
title_short Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles
title_full Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles
title_fullStr Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles
title_full_unstemmed Anti-staphylococcal activity of EW1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles
title_sort anti-staphylococcal activity of ew1, a traditional herbal remedy for carbuncles
publisher Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya
publishDate 2000
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