Volatile Oils of Nepeta tenuifolia (Jing Jie) as an Alternative Medicine against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogenic Microbes

Table 3

Antibacterial activity of Nepeta tenuifolia extracts against P. aeruginosa clinical isolates and their antibiotic resistance profile.

Strain designation	MIC (%)	MBC (%)	MBC/MIC	Antibiotic resistance pattern	Amp MIC (g/ml)	Amp MBC (g/ml)
101-190-1	12.500	>12.5	NA	Amo, Amp, Cef, Cep, Cham, and Do	128	128
102-249	12.500	12.5	1	Amo, Amp, Cef, Cep, Cham, Do, and Enf	128	128
101-204-2	>12.5	>12.5	NA	Amo, Amp, Cef, Cep, Cham, and Do	>128	>128
101-230	12.500	12.5	1	Amo, Amp, Cef, Cep, Cham, and Do	128	128
101-189	8.333	12.5	1.5	Amp, Cham, Do, and Gent	128	128
101-319	6.250	12.5	2	Amo, Amp, Cef, Cep, and Gent	>128	>128
102-336	12.500	>12.5	NA	Amo, Amp, Cef, Cep, Cham, Do, Enf	>128	>128
102-370-1	10.417	12.5	1.2	Amo, Amp, Cef, Cep, Cham, Do, and Enf	128	128

Amo, amoxicillin; Amp, ampicillin; Cef, cefazolin; Cep, cephalexin; Cham, chloramphenicol; Do, doxycycline; Enf, enrofloxacin; Gent, gentamicin; NA: undetermined because MIC and/or MBC values were under the lower limit of each test range.