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Table 1 The relationship between NTM and their isolation from different specimen sites

From: Pulmonary Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare is the main driver of the rise in non-tuberculous mycobacteria incidence in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2007–2012

Organism

Total

Pulmonary

Blood

Lymph node

Urine

Other

Unknown

n

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

M. avium-intracellulare

7436

5800

35.6

120

30.7

161

62.6

65

18.4

187

29.4

1103

34.6

M. gordonae

3414

2721

16.7

2

0.5

2

0.8

99

28.0

33

5.2

557

17.5

M. chelonae

2342

1574

9.7

130

33.2

28

10.9

53

15.0

153

24.1

404

12.7

M. fortuitum

1698

1330

8.2

33

8.4

5

1.9

38

10.7

52

8.2

240

7.5

M. kansasii

1131

966

6.0

2

0.5

4

1.6

12

3.4

32

5.0

115

3.6

M. xenopi

1069

958

5.9

1

0.3

2

0.8

8

2.3

10

1.6

90

2.8

M. abscessus

992

812

5.0

14

3.6

7

2.7

1

0.3

24

3.8

134

4.2

M. malmoense

931

718

4.4

2

0.5

38

14.8

5

1.4

29

4.6

139

4.4

M. peregrinum

489

414

2.5

11

2.8

2

0.8

16

4.5

9

1.4

37

1.2

M. mucogenicum

258

161

1.0

58

14.8

1

0.4

7

2.0

11

1.7

20

0.6

M. marinum

166

1

0.01

0

0

0

0

0

0

75

11.8

90

2.8

Other

1192

839

5.1

18

4.6

7

2.7

50

14.1

21

3.3

257

8.1

  1. “Other” in specimen site category includes specimens from bone, cerebrospinal fluid, eyes, faeces, gastrointestinal tract, peritoneal dialysis fluid, peritoneal fluid, skin and synovial fluid
  2. “%” refers to percentage of NTM species contributing to total for given body site