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. 1977 Aug;12(2):295-7.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.12.2.295.

Susceptibility of organisms in the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex to antituberculous and other antimicrobial agents

W E Sanders Jr, E C Hartwig, N J Schneider, R Cacciatore, H Valdez

Susceptibility of organisms in the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex to antituberculous and other antimicrobial agents

W E Sanders Jr et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1977 Aug.

Abstract

Of 21 antimicrobial agents tested in vitro, amikacin was the most predictably active against clinical isolates belonging to the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex; however, only 50% of strains studied were susceptible to clinically attainable concentrations of the drug.

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