RADIOMETRIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING OF MYCOBACTERIUM-XENOPI

被引:7
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作者
TORTOLI, E
SIMONETTI, MT
机构
[1] Microbiological and Virological Laboratory, Careggi Hospital, Florence
关键词
MYCOBACTERIUM XENOPI; SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION;
D O I
10.1179/joc.1995.7.2.114
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Mycobacterium xenopi is an opportunistic pathogen, frequently isolated in various areas of Europe from pulmonary specimens, which may also cause infections in AIDS patients. We used the Bactec radiometric system (Becton Dickinson, USA) with a procedure expressly adapted to the particular growth characteristics of M. xenopi to determine the susceptibility patterns of 40 clinical isolates to six antimicrobial drugs. The majority of the strains were resistant to ethambutol and susceptible to amikacin, ciprofloxacin, rifampin, rifabutin and streptomycin.
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