Table 1 Azithromycin with Citral against clinical isolates of S. aureus.

From: Counteracting methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus through novel Citral-Azithromycin combination

Strains

MIC in alone (µg/ml)

MIC of azithromycin-citral combination (µg/ml)

FICI

Interaction

CIT

AZI

AZI

FR

CIT

FR

MB-0628

250

256

16

16

15.6

16

0.124

Synergistic

MB-0893

500

512

64

8

62.5

8

0.249

Synergistic

MB-1311

500

512

64

8

62.5

8

0.249

Synergistic

MB-1137

250

512

16

32

15.6

16

0.093

Synergistic

  1. *FICI, fractional inhibitory concentration index; FR, fold reduction; MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; THY=Thymol; OXA=Oxacillin.
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