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. 2016 Mar;22(3):389–395. doi: 10.3201/eid2203.150584

Table 1. Antimicrobial drug susceptibility profile of patient’s Mycobacterium fortuitum group isolate*.

Antimicrobial drug MIC, μg/mL Interpretation*
Amikacin <1 Susceptible
Cefoxitin 64 Intermediate
Ciprofloxacin <0.12 Susceptible
Clarithromycin 8 Resistant†
Doxycycline >16 Resistant
Imipenem 8 Intermediate
Linezolid 2 Susceptible
Moxifloxacin <0.25 Susceptible
Tigecycline 0.12
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 1/19 Susceptible
Tobramycin >16 Resistant

*According to breakpoints defined by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (2).
†Clarithromycin MIC after 14 d of incubation.
‡No accepted breakpoints from the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute exist for tigecycline.