title: Rapidly growing members of the genus Mycobacterium affecting dogs and cats.
abstract: Rapidly growing members of the genus Mycobacterium were most often associated with chronic (2 to 72 months), nonhealing skin lesions of dogs and cats. Mycobacterium fortuitum (M. fortuitum) was the most commonly isolated mycobacterium obtained from these lesions, although M. chelonae-abscessus and M. flavescens were occasionally encountered. Isolates were tested in vitro to various antimicrobial agents and found to be susceptible to amikacin (100% of the isolates), cefoxitin (93.8%), ciprofloxacin (75%), clarithromycin (71.4%), doxycycline (28.6%), erythromycin (6.2%), gentamicin (68.8%), kanamycin (75%), minocycline (81.3%), streptomycin (14.3%), tobramycin (43.8%), trimethoprim/sulfonamides (57.1%), and vancomycin (15.4%).
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Service, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616, USA.
authors.forename: Spencer S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Dwight C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hirsh
mesh_terms: D000583:Amikacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002415:Cats; D002440:Cefoxitin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014031:Tobramycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000494:pharmacology; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D004917:Erythromycin; D002440:Cefoxitin; D014640:Vancomycin; D000583:Amikacin; D014295:Trimethoprim; D017291:Clarithromycin; D004318:Doxycycline; D014031:Tobramycin