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. 2022 Mar 9;117(1):52–62. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2022.2049029

Table 4.

The MIC (µg/ml) ranges of different antibiotics in various slowly growing mycobacterial species.

Antibiotics RIF MXF CLR EMB AMK LZD CFZ INH
M. kansasii
MIC: n (%)
0.125≥: 3 (6.5)
0.25: 7 (15.2)
1: 16 (34.7)
2: 12 (26.0)
4: 1 (2.1)
8: 1 (2.1)
16≤: 6 (13.0)
0.25≥: 24 (52.1)
0.5: 2 (4.3)
1: 4 (8.6)
2: 10 (21.7)
4: 2 (4.3)
16: 4 (8.6)
0.5≥: 11(23.9)
1: 1 (2.1)
4: 2 (4.3)
8: 4 (8.6)
16: 20 (43.4)
32≤: 8 (17.3)
0.125 ≥: 2 (4.3)
0.25: 2 (4.3)
0.5: 2 (4.3)
1: 9 (19.5)
2: 7 (15.2)
4: 10 (21.7)
16: 14 (30.4)
0.5≥: 14 (21.7)
1: 23 (50)
2: 2 (4.3)
4: 7 (15.2)
0.5≥: 1 (2.1)
16≤:45(97.8)
2≥:12(26.0)
8: 4 (8.6)
64≤:30(65.2)
0.5≥: 1 (2.1)
1: 2 (4.3)
2: 11 (23.9)
4: 3 (6.5)
8: 4 (8.6)
16: 8 (17.3)
32≥: 17 (36.9)
M. simiae
MIC: n (%)
16 0.25≥: 4 (19.0)
1: 2 (9.5)
2: 5 (23.8)
16: 10 (47.6)
0.5≥:2(9.5)
8: 2 (9.5)
16: 12 (57.1)
32≤: 5 (23.8)
0.125: 1 (4.7)
1: 2 (9.5)
2: 7 (33.3)
16: 11 (52.3)
1: 18 (85.7)
4: 1 (4.7)
32≤: 2 (9.5)
16< 64: 6 (28.5)
64<: 15 (71.4)
32<
MAC
MIC: n (%)
2: 4 (40)
4: 1 (10)
8: 1 (10)
16≤: 4 (40)
0.25≥: 6 (60)
1: 1 (10)
2: 2 (20)
16≤: 1 (10)
0.5≥:2(20)
4: 2 (20)
8: 3 (30)
16: 2 (20)
32≤: 1 (10)
0.125 ≥: 1 (10)
0.5: 1 (10)
2: 4 (40)
4: 1 (10)
8: 2 (20)
16: 1 (10)
0.5≥: 6 (60)
1: 1 (10)
2: 1 (10)
4: 2 (20)
16< 2≥: 3 (30)
4: 1 (10)
16: 4 (40)
64≤: 2 (20)
2: 1 (10)
4: 1 (10)
32≥: 8 (80)

MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; RIF: rifampin; MXF: moxifloxacin; CLR: clarithromycin; EMB: ethambutol; AMK: amikacin; LZD: linezolid; CFZ: clofazimine; INH: isoniazid; MAC: Mycobacterium avium complex.