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Effect of Garlic on Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
1 Dec 1999
Abstract excerpt
There is great concern about the worldwide increase in antibiotic resistance, especially of gram-positive bacteria such as vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). As garlic, especially the thiosulfinate allicin, has been known for its antibacterial activity against facultative aerobic bacteria (2), the antibacterial effect of garlic alone and in combination with vancomycin on VRE was studied. Fourteen clinical...
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