Nocardia infections among immunomodulated inflammatory bowel disease patients: A review

Table 1 Usual susceptibility patterns of common Nocardia species in human diseases

Nocardia species	Susceptibility	Resistance	Ref.
N. asteroids sensu stricto	TMP-SMX, TGC, Amikacin	TGC	Lerner et al[2]
	Imipenem (64%-98%)		Sorrel et al[43]
N. farcinica	Amikacin	Tobramycin	Wallace et al[21]
	TMP-SMX, Minocycline	TMP-SMX (80%), TGC	Lerner et al[2]
			Uhde et al[44]
N. nova	TMP-SMX, TGC, Imipenem, Amikacin	TMP-SMX, TGC (53%)	Uhde et al[44]
	Clarithromycin (96%)		Wallace et al[21]
			Larruskain et al[46]
N. brasiliensis	TMP-SMX, Amikacin	Ceftriaxone (81%)	Uhde et al[44]
	TGC (88%-100%), Imipenem (20%-30%)		Sorrel et al[43]
N. transvalensis	TMP-SMX (88%), Imipenem (90%), TGC (50%)	Amikacin	Sorrel et al[43]
			McNeil et al[47]
N. otitidiscaviarum	Amikacin, Minocycline	TMP-SMX	Lerner et al[2]

TMP-SMX: Trimethropim-sulfamethoxazol; TGC: Third generation cephalosporins.