TABLE 4

Phenotypic and genotypic antibiotic susceptibility results

IsolateM. abscessus subsp.Date of isolateIsolate typeClarithromycin MIC at 14 days µg·mL−1Constitutive clarithromycin resistance by 23S rRNA gene sequencingFunctional erm(41) by sequencingAmikacin MIC µg·mL−1Amikacin resistance by 16S rRNA gene sequencing
A1abscessusJan 24 2006Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
A2abscessusMarch 22 2016Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
B1abscessusOct 12 2005Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
B2abscessusJune 10 2016Rough>16 (R)NoYes32 (I)No
C1abscessusFeb 6 2006Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
C2-1abscessusApril 8 2015Rough>16 (R)NoYes32 (I)No
C2-2abscessusApril 8 2015Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
D1-1abscessusNov 8 2005Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
D1-2abscessusNov 8 2005Smooth>16 (R)NoYes32 (I)No
D2abscessusJuly 13 2016Rough>16 (R)NoYes32 (I)No
E1#abscessusAug 26 2008Smooth>16 (R)NoYes8 (S)No
E2-1#massilienseSept 1 2016Rough1 (S)NoNo8 (S)No
E2-2#massilienseSept 1 2016Smooth0.12 (S)NoNo4 (S)No
F1abscessusNov 29 2007Rough>16 (R)NoYes8 (S)No
F2abscessusAug 4 2016Rough>16 (R)NoYes8 (S)No
G1abscessusJuly 10 2007Rough16 (R)NoYes32 (I)No
G2abscessusAug 12 2015Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
H1abscessusJuly 16 2008Smooth>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
H2-1abscessusDec 1 2015Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
H2-2abscessusDec 1 2015Smooth16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
I1massilienseAug 5 2008Rough>16 (R)NoYes8 (S)No
I2massilienseNov 4 2015Rough>16 (R)NoYes8 (S)No
J1abscessusMay 11 2010Smooth>16 (R)NoYes8 (S)No
J2abscessusSept 21 2016Smooth8 (R)NoYes32 (I)No
K1abscessusSept 21 2010Rough>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
K2abscessusJune 12 2016Rough>16 (R)YesYes>64 (R)Yes
L1abscessusJan 4 2011Smooth>16 (R)NoYes32 (I)No
L2abscessusJune 2 2016Smooth>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
M1massilienseNov 10 2009Rough>16 (R)YesNo16 (S)No
M2massilienseNov 10 2015Rough>16 (R)YesNo8 (S)No
N1abscessusApril 2 2009Smooth>16 (R)NoYes4 (S)No
N2-1massilienseApril 20 2016Rough<0.06 (S)NoNo16 (S)No
N2-2massilienseApril 20 2016Smooth1 (S)NoNo16 (S)No
O1abscessusJune 9 2010Smooth>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
O2-1abscessusJune 9 2016Smooth>16 (R)NoYes16 (S)No
O2-2abscessusJune 9 2016Rough>16 (R)NoYes8 (S)No
P1massilienseJune 26 2007Rough>16 (R)YesNo32 (I)No
P2massilienseOct 19 2011Rough>16 (R)YesNo16 (S)No

MIC: minimum inhibitory concentration; rRNA: ribosomal RNA; R: resistant; S: susceptible; I: intermediate. #: for the E isolates, based on sequencing of four genes, E1 was a different strain from isolates E2-1 and E2-2, which were genetically indistinguishable from each other; : for the N isolates, all three were genetically distinct from each other and were classified as different strains.