Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oils and Their Combination against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Skin Ulcer

Table 1

Antibiotics resistant profile of multidrug-resistant bacteria isolated from wounds at KMU, 2020.

Modern drugs

Drug susceptibility test for multidrug bacteria strains isolated from wound samples

Ef1

Ef2

Ef3

A1

A2

A3

Ec1

Ec2

Ec3

Ar1

Ar2

Ar3

K1

K2

K3

Ciprofloxacin

R

R

I

R

I

R

R

R

R

R

S

I

R

I

R

Cefoxitin

R

I

R

R

R

R

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Cefuroxime

S

R

I

N

N

N

R

R

R

R

R

R

I

R

I

Ceftriaxone

S

I

R

N

N

N

I

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

Ceftazidime

N

N

N

N

N

N

R

I

R

R

R

R

R

S

I

Chloramphenicol

R

R

R

S

R

I

R

R

S

R

R

R

S

R

R

Ampicillin

I

S

S

R

R

R

S

R

R

S

R

R

R

R

R

Augmentin

R

I

S

R

I

S

R

R

I

R

S

R

R

I

S

Amikacin

R

R

R

R

R

R

N

N

S

R

R

R

I

R

S

Erythromycin

R

I

R

R

R

I

R

I

R

R

R

R

S

S

R

Tetracycline

R

S

I

R

R

R

I

I

R

R

R

R

S

R

I

Penicillin

R

I

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

I

R

Vancomycin

R

R

R

I

R

S

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

N

Gentamycin

R

I

S

R

R

R

S

R

R

S

R

I

S

R

R

A = methicillin resistant S. aureus; Ar = ESBL producing P. aeruginosa; Ec = ESBL producing E. coli; N = not done; Ef = Vancomycin resistant E. faecalis; K = multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae; I = intermediate (17–20 mm IZ); R = resistance (≤16 mm IZ); S = sensitive (≥21 mm IZ) according to CLSI guidelines [25].