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Comparative Study
. 1990 Jul;34(7):1390-2.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.34.7.1390.

Comparison of in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare strains from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), patients without AIDS, and animal sources

S K Byrne  1 , G L Geddes, J L Isaac-Renton, W A Black
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Comparative Study

Comparison of in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare strains from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), patients without AIDS, and animal sources

S K Byrne et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1990 Jul.

Abstract

Difloxacin, A-56620, cefazolin, cefotaxime, ceftizoxime, cephapirin, SK&F 88070, and spectinomycin were used to compare the in vitro susceptibilities of Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellular isolates from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), patients without AIDS, and diseased animals. Against the isolates from humans without AIDS, the quinolone compounds difloxacin and A-56620 were found to be the most effective, each inhibiting 50% of strains at a concentration of 2 micrograms/ml. The remaining antimicrobial agents had MICs for 50% of strains tested of at least 32 micrograms/ml. Statistically significant differences were observed in the antibiogram patterns among the M. avium-M. intracellulare strains from each of the three sources.

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