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Cycloserine microbiology
Introduction
Microbiology
Microbiology
Cycloserine inhibits cell–wall synthesis in susceptible strains of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria and in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Susceptibility Tests
Cycloserine clinical laboratory standard powder is available for both direct and indirect methods1 of determining the susceptibility of strains of mycobacteria. Cycloserine MICs for susceptible strains are 25 μg/mL or lower.[1]
References
References
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Adapted from the FDA Package Insert.
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