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Activities of Linezolid against Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria
1 Mar 2001
Abstract excerpt
Linezolid is an oxazolidinone available as an oral drug which has activity against most gram-positive bacteria. However, few species of the genus Mycobacterium have been studied. We tested 249 clinical isolates and 10 reference strains of rapidly growing mycobacteria for susceptibility to linezolid by broth microdilution. Clinical species included the Mycobacterium fortuitum group (n = 74), M. abscessus (n = 98),...
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