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. 2014 Oct;52(10):3573–3582. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01144-14

TABLE 3.

Drug susceptibility of NJH M. abscessus clinical isolates to a 20-drug panel, reported as MICs

Drug MIC (μg/ml)
No. of resistant isolates/total no. of isolatesa
NJH1 NJH4 NJH5 NJH6 NJH7 NJH8 NJH9 NJH10 NJH11
Amikacin 16 ≤8 ≤8 ≤8 >64 32 16 ≤8 32 1/9
Kanamycin 16 ≤8 ≤8 ≤8 >64 32 16 ≤8 16 1/9
Tobramycin 16 16 8 8 >16 16 8 16 >16 6/9
Gentamicin >16 8 4 8 >16 >16 16 8 >16 5/9
Imipenem 16 >16 >16 8 8 8 16 >16 >16 6/9
Cefoxitin 64 64 64 32 64 64 32 64 64 9/9
Ceftriaxone >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 9/9
Cefotaxime >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 >64 9/9
Cefepime 32 >32 >32 >32 >32 32 >32 >32 >32 9/9
Clarithromycin 0.5 0.5 1 2 1 1 1 >32 0.5 1/9
Azithromycin ≤16 ≤16 32 32 32 32 ≤16 >256 ≤16 1/9
Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid >32/16 >32/16 >32/16 >32/16 >32/16 >32/16 >32/16 >32/16 >32/16 9/9
Ciprofloxacin 8 >8 8 4 >8 >8 8 >8 8 9/9
Moxifloxacin >4 >4 >4 >4 >4 >4 >4 >4 >4 9/9
Trimethoprim/sulfa >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 >4/76 9/9
Doxycycline 16 >16 >16 >16 >16 >16 >16 >16 >16 9/9
Minocycline 8 >8 >8 >8 >8 >8 >8 >8 >8 9/9
Tigecycline 1 0.5 ≤0.25 2 1 1 0.5 2 1 0/9
Linezolid >16 16 >16 16 >16 >16 16 >16 >16 9/9
a

Determination of isolates with resistant phenotypes was based on previously defined MIC thresholds specific to each drug.