Open AccessSusceptibility of Organisms in the Mycobacterium fortuitum Complex to Antituberculous and Other Antimicrobial Agents
Author(s) -
Sanders We,
Hartwig Ec,
Schneider Nj,
Robert Cacciatore,
Henry Valdez
Publication year - 1977
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.12.2.295
Subject(s) - mycobacterium fortuitum , amikacin , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , mycobacterium , bacteria , genetics
Of 21 antimicrobial agents tested in vitro, amikacin was the most predictably active against clinical isolates belonging to theMycobacterium fortuitum complex; however, only 50% of strains studied were susceptible to clinically attainable concentrations of the drug.