title: In vitro activity of flomoxef against rapidly growing mycobacteria.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine the in vitro sensitivity of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) to flomoxef in respiratory secretions collected from 61 consecutive inpatients and outpatients at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung medical center between July and December, 2005. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of flomoxef were determined by the broth dilution method for the 61 clinical isolates of RGMs. The MICs of flomoxef at which 90% of clinical isolates were inhibited was >128 microg/mL in 26 isolates of Mycobacterium abscessus and 4 microg/mL in 31 isolates of M. fortuitum. Three out of 4 clinical M. peregrinum isolates were inhibited by flomoxef at concentrations of 4 microg/mL or less. Although the numbers of the clinical isolates of RGMs were small, these preliminary in vitro results demonstrate the potential activity of flomoxef in the management of infections due to M. fortuitum, and probably M. peregrinum in humans.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan. moansha@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Moan-Shane
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Ya-Fen
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Hock-Liew
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Eng
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002511:Cephalosporins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections; D013624:Taiwan
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002511:Cephalosporins; C045693:flomoxef