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. 2021 Dec 8;9(3):e01928-21. doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.01928-21

TABLE 2.

Drug susceptibility test results of MABS patientsa

MABS (86)
Mab (46)
Mma (40)
Antibiotic Susceptible Intermediate Resistant Susceptible Intermediate Resistant Susceptible Intermediate Resistant
Clarithromycin 39 (45.3) 1 (1.2) 46 (53.5) 7 (15.2) 1 (2.2) 38 (82.6) 32 (80.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (20.0)
Azithromycin 29 (33.7) 5 (5.8) 52 (60.5) 4 (8.7) 0 (0.0) 42 (91.3) 25 (62.5) 5 (12.5) 10 (25.0)
Amikacin 80 (93.0) 3 (3.5) 3 (3.5) 42 (91.3) 1 (2.2) 3 (6.5) 38 (95.0) 2 (5.0) 0 (0.0)
Tobramycin 0 (0.0) 8 (9.3) 78 (90.7) 0 (0.0) 7 (15.2) 39 (84.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.5) 39 (97.5)
Imipenem 22 (25.6) 56 (65.1) 8 (9.3) 12 (26.1) 29 (63.0) 5 (10.9) 10 (25.0) 27 (67.5) 3 (7.5)
Meropenem 1 (1.2) 4 (4.7) 81 (94.2) 1 (2.2) 4 (8.7) 41 (89.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 40 (100)
Faropenem N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Levofloxacin 0 (0.0) 1 (1.2) 85 (98.8) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 46 (100) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.5) 39 (97.5)
Moxifloxacin 5 (5.8) 13 (15.1) 68 (79.1) 2 (4.3) 11 (23.9) 33 (71.7) 3 (7.5) 2 (5.0) 35 (87.5)
Sitafloxacin N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole 2 (2.3) N/A 84 (97.7) 1 (2.2) N/A 45 (97.8) 1 (2.5) N/A 39 (97.5)
Doxycycline 0 (0.0) 3 (3.5) 83 (96.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 46 (100) 0 (0.0) 3 (7.5) 37 (92.5)
Linezolid 48 (55.8) 27 (31.4) 11 (12.8) 27 (58.7) 12 (26.1) 7 (15.2) 21 (52.5) 15 (37.5) 4 (10.0)
Clofazimine N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
a

Data are presented as n (%). MABS, Mycobacterium abscessus; Mab, Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus; Mma, Mycobacterium abcessus subsp. massiliense; N/A, not applicable.