Research Article
The Comparative Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Effect of Propolis with Chlorhexidine against Oral Pathogens: An In Vitro Study
Table 2
MIC and MBC/MFC values of EEP and CHX on the planktonic test microorganisms (μg/mL).
| Strains | Agar dilution | Broth microdilution | Agar dilution | Broth microdilution | EEP (MIC/MBC) | EEP (MIC/MBC) | CHX (MIC/MBC) | CHX-MIC/MBC |
| S. mutans | 4/8 | 4/8 | 8/16 | 16/16 | S. sobrinus | 8/8 | 4/8 | 8/8 | 8/16 | L. acidophilus | 4/4 | 4/8 | 8/8 | 4/8 | L. salivarius subsp. salivarius | 2/4 | 2/4 | 4/4 | 2/4 | A. actinomycetemcomitans | 64/128 | 64/128 | 32/16 | 16/32 | P. intermedia | 8/8 | 8/8 | 16/16 | 16/16 | P. gingivalis | 32/64 | 32/64 | 8/16 | 16/32 | S. aureus | 16/16 | 8/16 | 16/16 | 16/32 | E. faecalis | 8/8 | 4/8 | 8/8 | 8/16 | A. israelii | 16/16 | 8/16 | 16/16 | 8/16 | C. albicans | 16/16 | 8/16 | 16/16 | 16/32 |
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