Table 3 Interaction between antibiotics and cinnamon bark oil or cinnamaldehyde against 30 clinically isolated MDR-PA strains
Combinations | % isolates of bacteria in each interaction activity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
SYN | IND | ANT | ||
Colistin | Cinnamon bark oil | 16.7 | 83.3 | ND |
Cinnamaldehyde | 10 | 90 | ND | |
Meropenem | Cinnamon bark oil | 3.3 | 96.7 | ND |
Cinnamaldehyde | ND | 100 | ND | |
Imipenem | Cinnamon bark oil | ND | 100 | ND |
Cinnamaldehyde | ND | 100 | ND | |
Doripenem | Cinnamon bark oil | ND | 100 | ND |
Cinnamaldehyde | ND | 100 | ND | |
Ciprofloxacin | Cinnamon bark oil | ND | 100 | ND |
Cinnamaldehyde | ND | 100 | ND | |
Piperacillin | Cinnamon bark oil | ND | 100 | ND |
Cinnamaldehyde | ND | 100 | ND | |
Ceftazidime | Cinnamon bark oil | ND | 100 | ND |
Cinnamaldehyde | ND | 100 | ND | |