In vitrosusceptibility ofMalassezia furfurto the essential oil ofMelaleuca alternifolia

Authors :: Katherine A. Hammer
Thomas V. Riley
Christine F. Carson
Source :: Medical Mycology. 35:375-377
Publication Year :: 1997
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 1997.
Abstract: The susceptibility of 64 Malassezia furfur isolates to Melaleuca alternifolia oil was determined. The minimum inhibitory concentration for 90% of isolates was 0·25% by agar dilution and 0·12% by broth dilution. These data indicate that tea tree oil may be useful in the treatment of skin conditions involving M. furfur.

Subjects :: integumentary system
biology
Tea tree oil
Melaleuca alternifolia
Melaleuca
General Medicine
Fungi imperfecti
biology.organism_classification
Agar dilution
Microbiology
law.invention
Minimum inhibitory concentration
Infectious Diseases
law
medicine
Malassezia
Food science
Essential oil
medicine.drug

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