Susceptibility of Nocardia asteroides to various antibiotics, including newer beta-lactams, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, amikacin, and N-formimidoyl thienamycin
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- 1 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 21 (6) , 1011-1012
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.21.6.1011
Abstract
The susceptibility of 26 isolates of Nocardia asteroides to several antibiotics was determined by the agar dilution technique. Many currently available beta-lactam antibiotics were ineffective. Cefotaxime, cefmenoxime, and N-formimidoyl thienamycin were active against these strains, with 80% minimal inhibitory concentrations of 4, 4, and 2 micrograms/ml, respectively. Amikacin was the most effective agent tested.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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