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. 2015 Aug 13;2015:419392. doi: 10.1155/2015/419392

Table 2.

MIC (μg/mL) results of the antimicrobial susceptibility tests for five rapidly growing reference mycobacteria.

Sp. RFP INH EMB SM AM KN CPM TOB OF CIP LEV SPA MXF LNZ CLO SMZ
M. abscessus 64 >256 32 16 1 2 0.5 8 4 2 1 2 1 4 0.06 32
M. chelonae >256 >256 128 32 4 16 16 2 32 4 16 16 4 8 0.25 64
M. fortuitum 128 64 256 32 0.25 4 <0.03 16 0.13 0.03 0.03 <0.03 <0.03 8 0.03 2
M. septicum 16 256 4 16 0.13 0.5 <0.03 1 0.25 0.06 0.13 0.03 0.06 1 0.13 1
M. neoaurum 1 >256 8 0.5 0.5 0.06 <0.03 0.25 0.06 0.06 0.03 <0.03 <0.03 0.5 0.03 0.5

Sp. MIN DOX TIG CLR AZM ROX AMC FOX CMZ MEM RFT RFB DAP THI PASI

M. abscessus 8 32 4 <0.03 <0.03 0.03 >256 32 32 64 0.13 32 64 16 32
M. chelonae 64 >32 1 0.06 0.5 2 >256 128 <0.25 >256 0.13 32 32 >256 >256
M. fortuitum 8 0.03 0.5 1 2 4 >256 32 4 4 1 16 8 256 2
M. septicum 32 8 1 1 16 4 >256 128 1 16 0.13 <0.03 32 256 4
M. neoaurum 0.03 0.06 0.03 1 1 2 32 8 1 0.5 0.06 0.13 4 >256 64

Note 1: M. abscessus: ATCC19977; M. chelonae: ATCC35752; M. fortuitum: DSM44220; M. neoaurum: ATCC25795; and M. septicum: DSM44393.

Note 2: INH: isoniazid; RFP: rifampicin; EMB: ethambutol; SM: streptomycin; AM: amikacin; KN: kanamycin; CPM: capreomycin; TOB: tobramycin; OF: ofloxacin; CIP: ciprofloxacin; LEV: levofloxacin; SPA: sparfloxacin; MXF: moxifloxacin; LNZ: linezolid; CLO: clofazimine; SMZ: sulfamethoxazole; CLR: clarithromycin; AZM: azithromycin; ROX: roxithromycin; MIN: minocycline; DOX: doxycycline; TIG: tigecycline; AMC: Amoxicillin-clavulanic Acid; FOX: cefoxitin; CMZ: cefmetazole; MEM: meropenem; RPT: rifapentine; RBT: rifabutin; DAP: dapsone; THI: thioacetazone; PASI: pasiniazid.

Note 3: Bold, italic values indicate drug susceptibility. Values shown in bold indicate moderate drug susceptibility.