Evaluation of antimicrobial susceptibilities of rapidly growing mycobacteria by Sensititre RAPMYCO panel

Cavusoglu C., Gurpinar T., ECEMİŞ T.

New Microbiologica, cilt.35, sa.1, ss.73-76, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: New Microbiologica
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.73-76
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Rapidly growing mycobacteria, Antimicrobial susceptibility, Broth microdilution, Sensititre RAPMYCO
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study used Sensititre RAPMYCO to test the activities of amikacin, cefoxitin, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, doxycycline, imipenem, linezolid, sulfamehoxazole, tigecycline and tobramycin against 25 clinical isolates of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM), including the common disease producing species Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium chelonae, Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium peregrinum. Analysis of the four different RGM species showed that isolates of M. fortuitumand M. peregrinumwere more susceptible than M. abscessus and M. chelonae. Different antimicrobials showed a variable sensitivity in all strains. Therefore, each species and strain must be individually evaluated, and it is always advisable to perform in vitro sensitivity tests before the treatment of infections due to RGM.