In vitro activity of linezolid against slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria

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Brown-Elliott, BA [1 ]
Crist, CJ [1 ]
Mann, LB [1 ]
Wilson, RW [1 ]
Wallace, RJ [1 ]
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[1] Univ Texas Hlth Ctr, Dept Microbiol, Tyler, TX 75708 USA
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10.1128/AAC.47.5.1736-1738.2003
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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MICs of linezolid in broth microdilutions were tested against 341 slowly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) belonging to 15 species. The proposed linezolid susceptibility MICs for all Mycobacterium marinum, Mycobacterium szulgai, Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium malmoense, and Mycobacterium xenopi isolates and for 90% of Mycobacterium gordonae and Mycobacterium triplex isolates were less than or equal to8 mug/ml. Linezolid has excellent therapeutic potential against most species of NTM.
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