Genetic correlation of antibiotic susceptibility and resistance genotyping for group.

Treatment efficacy of Mycobacterium abscessus infections depends on bacterial genotype. Here, the relationship between genotype, as determined by sequence analysis, and antibiotic resistance phenotype was analyzed. The results demonstrate that M. abscessus genotype characteristics, including erm(41) sequevar and mutations of rrl and rrs, are predictive of clarithromycin and amikacin resistance.