Anti-Pseudomonal Activity of Leaf Extracts of Myrtaceae Plants against β- Lactamase-Producing Strains

Abstract

Background: Due to occurrence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, there is a need for a reliable method to treat clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa that increasingly reported from worldwide. Also the prevalence of multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa producing betalactamase reported from different parts of the world during the last decades. The Eucalyptus contains a number of compounds with antifungal, antiviral and antibacterial properties and used to control several diseases derived from microbial infections.