title: Radiometric susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium xenopi.
abstract: Mycobacterium xenopi is an opportunistic pathogen, frequently isolated in various areas of Europe from pulmonary specimens, which may also cause infections in AIDS patients. We used the Bactec radiometric system (Becton Dickinson, USA) with a procedure expressly adapted to the particular growth characteristics of M. xenopi to determine the susceptibility patterns of 40 clinical isolates to six antimicrobial drugs. The majority of the strains were resistant to ethambutol and susceptible to amikacin, ciprofloxacin, rifampin, rifabutin and streptomycin.
authors.affiliation: Microbiological and Virological Laboratory, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tortoli
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Simonetti
mesh_terms: D000583:Amikacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000379:methods*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods; D017828:Rifabutin / Q000494:pharmacology; D012293:Rifampin / Q000494:pharmacology; D013307:Streptomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017828:Rifabutin; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D000583:Amikacin; D004977:Ethambutol; D012293:Rifampin; D013307:Streptomycin