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. 2021 Nov 30;7(11):000708. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000708

Table 3.

Minimum inhibitory concentration of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus (n=67) and Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense (n=140)

Antibiotic

Organism

MIC50

MIC90

Sensitive

Intermediate

Resistant

Amikacin

Mab

16

16

94.0 %

3.0%

3.0%

Mma

16

32

94.3 %

5.7%

0.0%

Cefoxitin

Mab

64

64

1.5 %

83.6%

14.9%

Mma

64

64

3.6 %

92.1%

4.3%

Ciprofloxacin

Mab

>4

>4

0.0 %

6.0%

94.0%

Mma

>4

>4

0.7 %

3.6%

95.7%

Doxycycline

Mab

>16

>16

0.0 %

0.0%

100.0%

Mma

>16

>16

0.7 %

0.7%

98.6%

Imipenem

Mab

16

32

4.5 %

66.7%

28.8%

Mma

15

32

2.1 %

75.0%

22.9%

Linezolid

Mab

16

>32

32.8%

22.4%

44.8%

Mma

16

>32

22.9%

32.1%

45.0%

Moxifloxacin

Mab

>8

>8

0.0%

1.5%

98.5%

Mma

>8

>8

0.0%

1.4%

98.6%

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole

Mab

8

>8

26.9%

n/a

73.1%

Mma

8

>8

18.7%

n/a

81.3%

Tobramycin

Mab

16

>16

0.0%

0.0%

100.0%

Mma

16

>16

0.0%

0.0%

100.0%

Minocycline

Mab

>8

>8

0.0%

0.0%

100.0%

Mma

>8

>8

0.7%

8.6%

90.7%

Tigecycline

Mab

0.5

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mma

0.5

1

n/a

n/a

n/a

Clofazimine

Mab

0.25

0.25

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mma

0.12

0.25

n/a

n/a

n/a

Bedaquiline

Mab

0.06

0.12

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mma

0.06

0.12

n/a

n/a

n/a

Eravacycline

Mab

0.06

0.25

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mma

0.12

0.25

n/a

n/a

n/a

Rifabutin

Mab

16

16

n/a

n/a

n/a

Mma

16

32

n/a

n/a

n/a

MIC distribution in mg l−1; MIC50: MIC required to inhibit the growth of 50 % of included isolates; MIC90: MIC required to inhibit the growth of 90 % of included isolates. Mab: M. abscessus subsp. abscessus; Mma: M. abscessus subsp. massiliense. N/A, CLSI and EUCAST interpretive breakpoints not available.

n, number of study isolates.