Mycobacterium fortuitum: the determination of its susceptibility by the disk diffusion technic
Ferrá Salazar, C.; Montoro Cardoso, E.; Valdivia Alvarez, J.; Jiménez Misas, C.; Díaz Rodríguez, R.
Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical 44(1): 17-20
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0375-0760 PMID: 1344681 Document Number: 394826
A study was carried out on 40 Mycobacterium fortuitum strains isolated from 39 symptomatic respiratory patients and 1 from a chronic skin ulcer, the susceptibility of whom to different antimicrobial agents was determined by the disk diffusion method. The strain showed sensitivity to aminoglucosides such as amikacin, gentamicin and kanamycin, and in all cases resistance to the penicillins ans cephalosporins used.