MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM STRAINS RESISTANT TO CLARITHROMYCIN AND AZITHROMYCIN

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作者
HEIFETS, L [1 ]
MOR, N [1 ]
VANDERKOLK, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV COLORADO,HLTH SCI CTR,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,DENVER,CO 80262
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10.1128/AAC.37.11.2364
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Mycobacterium avium strains susceptible to clarithromycin and azithromycin contain mutants resistant to these macrolides with a frequency of 1.1 x 10(-10) to 1.2 x 10(-6). Cross-resistance between clarithromycin and azithromycin was demonstrated with mutants selected in the laboratory as well as with resistant strains isolated from patients. The susceptibility-resistance patterns of the macrolide-resistant strains with drugs other than macrolides were the same as those of the original susceptible strains. The emergence of clarithromycin resistance in patients was a result of multiplication of the preexisting resistant mutants that survived the elimination of bacteria during the initial period of treatment and was an exclusive cause of the relapse of bacteremia.
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