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. 2009 Oct;15(10):1700–1701. doi: 10.3201/eid1510.090110

Table. Antimicrobial drug susceptibility test results for Mycobacterium haemophilum isolate from rheumatoid arthritis patient and other M. haemophilum isolates*.

Antimicrobial
drug Case report
RIVM historic data (n = 49)
Classification MIC, mg/L % Susceptible % Resistant
Isoniazid Resistant 10 0 100
Rifampin Susceptible 0.2 4 96
Ethambutol Resistant 20 0 100
Streptomycin Susceptible <1.0 35 65
Cycloserine Susceptible 50 78 22
Prothionamide Susceptible <1.0 61 39
Amikacin Resistant 10 29 71
Ciprofloxacin Resistant 4.0 88 12
Clofazimine Susceptible <0.5 92 8
Clarithromycin Susceptible <2.0 94 6
Rifabutin Susceptible <0.2 96 4

*All isolates submitted to the Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands, January 2000–January 2007. Before January 2004, strains tested were identified by 16S rDNA gene sequencing; after January 2004, strains were identified by the Inno-LiPA assay (Innogenetics, Ghent, Belgium).