title: Antibiotic sensitivity patterns of actinomycetes isolated from patients of actinomycetoma.
abstract: The effectiveness of eight antibiotics against 30 human isolates of actinomycetoma agents belonging to 7 different species were tested by agar dilution and disc diffusion methods to evaluate the susceptibility patterns and to study drug resistance among the organisms. It was found that many of the isolates had developed partial or complete resistance to conventionally used antibiotics like cotrimoxazole, streptomycin and ampicillin, but almost all were sensitive to amikacin and ciprofloxacin. The two methods were equally effective for detecting sensitivity patterns of the Nocardia isolates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, University College of Medicine, Calcutta.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Maiti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sil
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009615:Nocardia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009617:Nocardia Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents