Open AccessAntibiotic susceptibility pattern of rapidly growing mycobacteria
Author(s) -
R Gayathri,
K Lily Therese,
Perinkulam Ravi Deepa,
S Mangai,
Madhavan Hn
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.65278
Subject(s) - gatifloxacin , moxifloxacin , amikacin , medicine , ciprofloxacin , mycobacterium abscessus , tobramycin , ofloxacin , cefuroxime , ceftazidime , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , mycobacterium chelonae , norfloxacin , meropenem , mycobacterium , gentamicin , antibiotic resistance , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biology , pathology , bacteria , tuberculosis , genetics
The rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) causing human infections primarily consist of the Mycobacterium fortuitum group, Mycobacterium abscessus and Mycobacterium chelonae. The antibiotic susceptibility testing is important to determine the appropriate therapy as the antibiotics used to treat RGM are different from those used for treating infections caused by slow growers of mycobacteria.