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Virulence and drug susceptibility of Free

Abstract

The virulence and drug susceptibility of a clinical isolate of which showed smooth transparent (ST) and smooth opaque (SO) colonies were studied. While ST cells multiplied intracellularly and maintained their coccobacillary form in a human macrophage model of infection, SO cells formed long filaments and completely destroyed the phagocytes. In BALB/c mice, the ST variant, but not the SO variant, grew efficiently in the spleen, liver and lung. The ST variant was usually more resistant than the SO variant to drugs, with MIC values for clarithromycin (CLA), azithromycin (AZI), ciprofloxacin, sparfloxacin, amikacin, clofazimine, ethambutol and isoniazid being higher than those of the SO variant. In beige mice infected with the more highly virulent variant ST, CLA and AZI were the most active drugs in terms of viable count reduction in organs and mutant selection. Together, these observations indicate that the ST variant of is a virulent form that can be efficiently inhibited by CLA and AZI.

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Keyword(s): AMI, amikacin , AZI, azithromycin , CIP, ciprofloxacin , CLA, clarithromycin , CLO, clofazimine , drug susceptibility , EMB, ethambutol , i.p., intraperitoneally , INH, isoniazid , MAC, Mycobacterium avium–intracellulare complex , macrophage infection , mice infection model , Mycobacterium celatum , RFB, rifabutin , RMP, rifampicin , SO, smooth opaque , SPA, sparfloxacin and ST, smooth transparent.
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