Experiment 69643
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Melaleuca alternifolia (MYRTACEAE) |
| Citation | DRYDEN,MS: DAILLY,S: CROUCH,M:. (2004). A RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED TRIAL OF TEA TREE TOPICAL PREPARATIONS VERSUS A STANDARD TOPICAL REGIMEN FOR THE CLEARANCE OF MRSA COLONIZATION.. 56(4) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | OR SILVER SULFADIAZINE AT CLEARING SUPERFICIAL SKIN SITES AND SKIN LESIONS. THE TEA TREE PREPARATIONS WERE EFFECTIVE, SAFE AND WELL TOLERATED AND COULD BE CONSIDERED IN REGIMENS FOR ERADICATION OF MRSA CARRIAGE. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TREATMENT REGIMENS (FISHER'S EXACT TEST; P=0.0286). MUPIROCIN WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EFFECTIVE AT CLEARING NASAL CARRIAGE (78%) THAN TEA TREE CREAM (47%; P=0.0001) BUT TEA TREE TREATMENT WAS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN CHLOROHEXIDINE TEA TREE 10% CREAM, TEA TREE 5% BODY WASH, BOTH GIVEN FOR 5 DAYS. 114 PATIENTS RECEIVED STANDARD TREATMENT AND 56 (49%) WERE CLEARED OF MRSA CARRIAGE.110 RECEIVED TEA TREE OIL REGIMEN AND 46 (41%) WERE CLEARED. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT TWO TOPICAL MRSA ERADICATION REGIMES WERE COMPARED IN HOSPITAL PATIENTS: A STANDARD TREATMENT INCLUDED MUPIROCIN 2% NASAL OINTMENT, CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE 4% SOAP, SILVER SULFADIAZINE 1% CREAM VERSUS A TEA TREE OIL REGIMEN, WHICH INCLUDED |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ESSENTIAL OIL |
| Gender | GIVEN TO BOTH SEXES |