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Cefotaxime-resistant Nocardia asteroides strains are isolates of the controversial species Nocardia farcinica
1 Dec 1990
Abstract excerpt
A recent study of Nocardia asteroides revealed that 95% of clinical strains had one of five antibiotic resistance patterns. We found the pattern of resistance to cefotaxime and cefamandole in 19% of 200 clinical N. asteroides isolates. Isolates with this drug resistance pattern were from numerous geographic sources and were associated with significant clinical disease (56% of patients had disseminated...
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