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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986 December; 30(6): 927-932

Ethambutol MICs and MBCs for Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

L B Heifets, M D Iseman and P J Lindholm-Levy

ABSTRACT

We determined the MICs of ethambutol for both Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by using broth dilution (7H12 broth, radiometric method) and agar dilution (7H11 agar) methods. We found the MICs to be much lower in liquid than in solid medium. The broth-determined MICs for susceptible M. tuberculosis and most of the M. avium strains were comparable to the levels in blood of patients, being lower than the peak levels. We propose that the MICs, determined radiometrically in in 7H12 broth, be considered as tentative criteria for susceptibility testing of M. avium isolates in future clinical trials. The use of these values instead of critical concentrations should also be considered as an alternative to the conventional susceptibility testing method in chemotherapy of tuberculosis. Ethambutol produced bactericidal effects against both M. tuberculosis and M. avium, and the MIC/MBC ratios were in the same range for both species when MICs and MBCs were tested in 7H12 broth by conventional sampling and plating.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1986 December; 30(6): 927-932




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