title: In vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fusidic acid.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the in vitro susceptibility of 170 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to fusidic acid using a proportion dilution method. Nineteen isolates were resistant to at least one first-line anti-tuberculosis drug. A total of 1.8% of the isolates were resistant to fusidic acid. Fusidic acid should be evaluated clinically as a potential supplementary drug for the treatment of infections due to multidrug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, 35100 Turkey. candanc2001@yahoo.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cicek-Saydam
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cavusoglu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burhanoglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hilmioglu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozkalay
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bilgic
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005672:Fusidic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D005672:Fusidic Acid