TY - JOUR AU - Ardiana, Dian PY - 2021/09/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Role Of Tea Tree Oil as A Skin Antimicrobial : A Literature Study JF - Medical and Health Science Journal JA - MHSJ VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.33086/mhsj.v5i1.1921 UR - https://journal2.unusa.ac.id/index.php/MHSJ/article/view/1921 SP - 26-33 AB - <p><strong>Background: </strong>Skin disease due to microorganism infection are still widely found in community. The infections can be caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasite. Tea tree oil often used as a herbal medicine in the treatment of skin diseases due to microorganisms. This literature study is conducted to review the role of tea tree oil as an antimicrobial in skin infections.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Fifteen indexed journals published from 2015 to 2020 about tea tree oil and skin infections, were included. From 15 journals, 9 journals discuss antibacterial activity of tea tree oil, 2 journals discuss antiviral activity, 9 journals discuss antifungal activity, and 1 journal discusses antiparasitic activity. All journals state that tea tree oil has an antimicrobial effect on microorganisms that cause skin infections.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>From 9 journals, it was found that <em>A. baumanni</em>, <em>P. aeruginosa</em>, and <em>C. acnes</em> were the most sensitive bacteria to tea tree oil in terms of MIC and <em>S. epidermidis</em> was the most sensitive bacteria, seen from their inhibition zone. Eight journals state variations with significant differences in the activity of tea tree oil as an anti-fungal. Tea tree oil has stronger antibacterial activity than antifungal activity. It also has antiviral activity against HSV and antiparasitic on <em>S. scabiei</em>.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The conclusion of this study is that tea tree oil has antimicrobial activity against microorganisms that cause skin disease, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasite.</p><p> </p> ER -