Research Article

Species Identification and Clarithromycin Susceptibility Testing of 278 Clinical Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Isolates

Table 2

Each subspecies’ proportion identified by using rpoB and hsp65.

Sequence analysis Number (%) of M. abscessus subsp. abscessus Number (%) of M. abscessus subsp. massiliense Total number (%)

rpoB 45 (64%)25 (36%)70 (100%)
hsp65 45 (64%)25 (36%)70 (100%)