Antibacterial activity of Omani honey alone and in combination with gentamicin.

Objective: To investigate the anti-Staphylococcal activity of Omani honey, gentamicin and combination of the 2.

Methods: This study was conducted in the Laboratories of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman in 2004. Thirty honey samples from different parts of Oman were investigated for their activity against Staphylococcus aureus, using an agar well diffusion technique.