Susceptibility of organisms in the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex to antituberculous and other antimicrobial agents.

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy ·Vol. 12 ·No. 2 ·1977-08-00 ·Pages 295-7

Sanders WE, Hartwig EC, Schneider NJ, Cacciatore R, Valdez H

Abstract

Of 21 antimicrobial agents tested in vitro, amikacin was the most predictably active against clinical isolates belonging to the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex; however, only 50% of strains studied were susceptible to clinically attainable concentrations of the drug.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology Antitubercular Agents/pharmacology Microbial Sensitivity Tests Mycobacterium/drug effects

Chemicals

Anti-Bacterial Agents Antitubercular Agents

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Sanders W E

Hartwig E C

Schneider N J

Cacciatore R

Valdez H

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Article Info

Journal

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Abbr.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother

ISSN

0066-4804

DOI

10.1128/AAC.12.2.295

Published

1977-08-00

Pages

295-7

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

0315061

PMCID

PMC429903

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/AAC.12.2.295 PMC Full Text View journal details

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