TABLE 2.

Mycobacterium abscessus complex isolates from Taiwan (371 isolates from 371 patients)

Subspecies	Sequence type (ST)	No. of strains of each ST n=371 (% of total)	No. of strains in North Taiwan n=134 (% of northern strains)	No. of strains in Central Taiwan n=36 (% of central strains)	No. of strains in South Taiwan n=201 (% of southern strains)
M. abscessus subsp. abscessus		183 (49.3)	81 (60.4)	18 (50.0)	84 (41.8)
	ST 1	88 (23.7)	37 (27.6)	10 (27.8)	41 (20.4)
	ST 127	14 (3.8)	3 (2.2)	1 (2.8)	10 (5.0)
	ST 22	5 (1.3)	3 (2.2)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.0)
	ST 49	5 (1.3)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	3 (1.5)
	ST 40	3 (0.8)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)
	ST 63	3 (0.8)	1 (0.7)	1 (2.8)	1 (0.5)
	ST 173	3 (0.8)	1 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.0)
	ST 33	2 (0.5)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	ST 59	2 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.8)	1 (0.5)
	ST 142	2 (0.5)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	ST 315	4 (1.1)	3 (2.2)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)
	ST 299	3 (0.8)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	3 (1.5)
	ST 324	3 (0.8)	1 (0.7)	1 (2.8)	1 (0.5)
	ST 274	2 (0.5)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	ST 322	2 (0.5)	1 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)
	ST 323	2 (0.5)	1 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)
	ST 318	2 (0.5)	1 (0.7)	1 (2.8)	0 (0.0)
Total singleton strains 38 (10.2%)	ST 34, 58, 64, 96, 128, 134, 135, 172	8 (2.2)	4 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	4 (2.0)
	New STs singletons	30 (8.0)	15 (11.2)	3 (8.3)	12 (5.5)
M. abscessus subsp. massiliense		187 (50.4)	53 (39.6)	18 (50.0)	116 (57.7)
	ST 48	60 (16.2)	15 (11.2)	3 (8.3)	42 (20.9)
	ST 117	56 (15.1)	14 (10.4)	6 (16.7)	36 (17.9)
	ST 23	32 (8.6)	6 (4.5)	4 (11.1)	22 (10.9)
	ST 115	9 (2.4)	2 (1.5)	2 (5.6)	5 (2.5)
	ST 34	7 (1.9)	4 (3.0)	1 (2.8)	2 (1.0)
	ST 69	3 (0.8)	1 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.0)
	ST 2	2 (0.5)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	ST 110	2 (0.5)	1 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.0)
	ST 129	2 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	2 (1.0)
	ST 176	2 (0.5)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	ST 279	4 (1.1)	4 (3.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Total singleton strains 8 (2.2%)	ST 88, 151	2 (0.5)	2 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	New STs singletons	6 (1.6)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.8)	5 (2.5)
M. abscessus subsp. bolletii	ST 311	1 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.5)