Anti-Staphylococcal Activity of Eugenia Jambolana L. Against Methicillin–Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

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Table 1 Origin, resistance profile of Staphylococcus aureus strains and inhibitory activity of E. jambolana and E. uniflora.

			Inhibition (mm)
Strain	Origin	PRP ^a	E. jambolana	E. uniflora
E. coli ATCC10536	–	–	21	12
E. coli ATCC8539	–	–	15	–
P. aeruginosa ATCC25619	–	–	15	–
P. aeruginosa ATCC9027	–	–	–	–
S. aureus ATCC6538	–	–	15	12
S. aureus ATCC25923	–	–	14	12
MRSA 06C	Surgical wound	1	–	–
MRSA 365	Surgical wound	2	16	11
MRSA 358	Surgical wound	2	–	–
MRSA 296I	Abscess	3	14	–
MRSA 171C	Surgical wound	4	15	13
MRSA 015	Surgical wound	2	16	–
MRSA 02H	Surgical wound	5	14	12
MRSA 01	Windpipe secretion	6	17	–
MRSA 007	Surgical wound	2	15	12
MRSA 05H	Surgical wound	7	14	14
MRSA 441	Surgical wound	2	17	–
MRSA 10C	Surgical wound	8	18	–
MRSA 192C	Surgical wound	2	18	–
MRSA 19L	Surgical wound	9	18	–
^aPhenotipic Resistance Profile: PRP; 1: Oxacilin, Penicilin, inductive Eritromicin, Kanamicin, Streptomicin, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Tobramicin, Chloramphenicol, Rifampicin, Novobiocin; 2: Oxacilin, Gentamicin, Tobramicin, Amikacin, Kanamicin, Neomicin, Paramomicin, Butirosin, Sisomicin, Netilmicin; 3: Oxacilin, Penicilin, inductive Eritromicin, Kanamicin, Streptomicin, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Tobramicin, Rifampicin; 4: Oxacilin, Penicilin, inductive Eritromicin, Kanamicin, Streptomicin, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Tobramicin, Tetraciclin-minociclin; 5: Oxacilin, Penicilin, inductive Eritromicin, Kanamicin, Streptomicin, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Tobramicin, Chloramphenicol, Tetraciclin-minociclin; 6: Oxacilin, Ampicilin, Amoxixilin, Cefalotin, Cafadroxil, Cefalexin, Clindamicin, Ciprofloxacin, Gentamicin, Gatifloxacin, Penicilin, Ampicilin-Sulbactan; 7: Oxacilin, Penicilin, Constituve Eritromicin, Kanamicin, Streptomicin, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Tobramicin, Tetraciclin-minociclin; 8: Oxacilin, Penicilin, Constituve Eritromicin, Kanamicin, Streptomicin, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Chloramphenicol, Tetraciclin; and 9: Oxacilin, Penicilin, inductive Eritromicin, Kanamicin, Streptomicin, Gentamicin, Amikacin, Tobramicin, Chloramphenicol, Tetraciclin-minociclin.

Table 2 Comparative MICs and MBCs of Ethanol Extracts of E. jambolan a and E. uniflor a and antibiotics against MRSA strains isolated from clinics (ྒྷg/mL)

Strain	Methicilin MIC/MBC	Gentamicin MIC/MBC	E. jambolana MIC/MBC	E. uniflora MIC/MBC
MRSA 441	≥1024/≥1024	≥1024/≥1024	≥1024/≥1024	≥1024/≥1024
MRSA 007	≥1024/≥1024	≥1024/≥1024	512/1024	1024/≥1024