Species Distribution and Macrolide Susceptibility of Mycobacterium fortuitum Complex Clinical Isolates
Author(s) -
SuYoung Kim,
Seong Mi Moon,
Byung Woo Jhun,
O Jung Kwon,
Hee Jae Huh,
Nam Yong Lee,
Seung Heon Lee,
Sung Jae Shin,
Shan Kasperbauer,
Gwen A. Huitt,
Charles L. Daley,
WonJung Koh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.02331-18
Subject(s) - mycobacterium fortuitum , clarithromycin , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , virology , mycobacterium , antibiotics , bacteria , genetics
The understanding of species distribution and inducible macrolide resistance in theMycobacterium fortuitum complex (MFC) is limited. Of 90 mostly respiratory MFC clinical isolates, half wereM. fortuitum , followed byM. peregrinum ,M. porcinum ,M. septicum , andM. conceptionense .
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