Antimicrobial-resistant nocardia isolates, United States, 1995-2004. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We conducted a 10-year retrospective evaluation of the epidemiology and identification of Nocardia isolates submitted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for antimicrobial susceptibility testing. The species most commonly identified were N. nova (28%), N. brasiliensis (14%), and N. farcinica (14%). Of 765 isolates submitted, 61% were resistant to sulfamethoxazole and 42% were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.

publication date

  • November 8, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Nocardia
  • Nocardia Infections

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 78649816829

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1086/657399

PubMed ID

  • 21058914

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 51

issue

  • 12