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Here, 33 essential oils (EOs) were screened against six MDR clinical isolates, identifying thyme and cinnamon oils as the most active. Both oils produced large inhibition zones (up to 26\u00a0mm) and low minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs), with cinnamon oil showing a uniform MIC of 0.0488% (v\/v) across all strains. For transcriptional analysis, cultures were exposed to cinnamon oil at 0.0244% (v\/v) (0.5\u00d7MIC). Because this exposure corresponds to a near-MIC\/inhibitory condition, observed decreases in virulence-gene transcript levels should be interpreted as inhibitory\/stress-associated transcriptional responses rather than definitive sub-MIC anti-virulence effects. GC\u2013MS profiling indicated enrichment of carvacrol (23.4%) and thymol (3.58%) in thyme oil, while cinnamon oil was dominated by cinnamaldehyde (45.8%) and eugenol (10.89%). Cinnamon also showed slightly higher antioxidant capacity than thyme (DPPH RSA 70.57% vs. 67%). 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