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Extracts with the best antimicrobial activities were <jats:italic>S. jambos<\/jats:italic> that showed MIC = 31 \u03bcg\/mL and MBC = 1.0 mg\/mL against <jats:italic>P. vulgaris<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>T. ananassae<\/jats:italic> that showed MIC = 15 \u03bcg\/mL against <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This report confirms the traditional use of <jats:italic>P. calomelanos<\/jats:italic> for the treatment of kidney infections that are associated with stones, as well as the antimicrobial and bactericidal effects of <jats:italic>T. ananassae<\/jats:italic> against <jats:italic>P. vulgaris<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S. saprophyticus<\/jats:italic> and the effects of <jats:italic>S. jambos<\/jats:italic> against <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S. saprophyticus<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6882-13-126","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,4]],"date-time":"2013-06-04T02:59:29Z","timestamp":1370314769000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["A screening for antimicrobial activities of Caribbean herbal remedies"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Claribel","family":"Luciano-Montalvo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Isabelle","family":"Boulogne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jannette","family":"Gavill\u00e1n-Su\u00e1rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,6,4]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"1371_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"439","DOI":"10.1016\/j.mib.2004.08.007","volume":"7","author":"FM Walsh","year":"2004","unstructured":"Walsh FM, Amyes SG: Microbiology and drug resistance mechanisms of fully resistant pathogens. 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