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Differentiation of Mycobacterium chelonei from M. fortuitum by ciprofloxacin susceptibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

C. H. Collins ,
M. D. Yates  and
Anne H. C. Uttley
C. H. Collins
Affiliation:
PHLS Regional Centre for Tuberculosis Bacteriology, Public Health Laboratory, Dulwich Hospital, London SE22 8QF
M. D. Yates
Affiliation:
PHLS Regional Centre for Tuberculosis Bacteriology, Public Health Laboratory, Dulwich Hospital, London SE22 8QF
Anne H. C. Uttley
Affiliation:
PHLS Regional Centre for Tuberculosis Bacteriology, Public Health Laboratory, Dulwich Hospital, London SE22 8QF
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Seventy-five strains of Mycobacterium fortuitum were inhibited by 3·0 mg/1 ciprofloxacin but 36 strains of M. chelonei were resistant. The results correlated well with those obtained by the nitratase test. The ciprofloxin sensitivity test is a useful supplement to the tests used to identify these two species.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , December 1985 , pp. 619 - 621
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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