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Association between 16S rRNA gene mutations and susceptibility to amikacin in Mycobacterium avium Complex and Mycobacterium abscessus clinical isolates.
Scientific reports - 17 Mar 2021
Kim Su-Young, Kim Dae Hun, Moon Seong Mi, Song Ju Yeun, Huh Hee Jae, Lee Nam Yong, Shin Sung Jae, Koh Won-Jung, Jhun Byung Woo
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated the association between 16S rRNA gene (rrs) mutations and susceptibility in clinical isolates of amikacin-resistant nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in NTM-pulmonary disease (PD) patients. Susceptibility was retested for 134 amikacin-resistant isolates (minimum inhibitory concentration [MIC] ≥ 64 µg/ml) from 86 patients. Amikacin resistance was reconfirmed in 102 NTM isolates from 62 patients with...
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