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Antibiotic susceptibility of Mycobacterium marinum
1Department of Medical Microbiology, Lund University, Malmö General Hospital, Sweden.
Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A radiometric respirometric technique (Bactec) which is highly standardized for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was used for antibiotic susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of M. marinum. Ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin, rifampicin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole were effective at clinically relevant concentrations. Doxycycline, erythromycin and roxithromycin were ineffective. These in vitro results are discussed in relation to documented clinical experience.