Evaluation of the GenoType^® NTM DR for Subspecies Identification and Determination of Drug Resistance in Clinical M. abscessus Isolates

Nasstasja Wassilew^1*, Doris Hillemann², Florian P. Maurer³, Thomas A. Kohl^4,5, Matthias Merker^4,5, Folke Brinkmann⁶, Marc Lipman⁷ and Katharina Kranzer²

¹Medical Department, Clinical Infectious Diseases, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

²National Mycobacterium Reference Center, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

³Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

⁴Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

⁵German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Borstel, Borstel, Germany

⁶Pediatric Pneumology, University Children`s Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

⁷Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust & UCL Respiratory, Division of Medicine, University College London, UK