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Table 3 NTM species distribution among the patients diagnosed with NTM diseases (N = 460)

From: Clinical and microbiological characteristics of non-tuberculous mycobacteria diseases in Singapore with a focus on pulmonary disease, 2012-2016

Species

Pulmonary N = 352 (%)

Skin/soft tissue N = 50 (%)

Blood/ other sterile sites N = 49 (%)

Lymph node

N = 9 (%)

Total N = 460 (%)

M. chelonae -M. abscessus group

197 (56)

25 (50)

16 (32.7)

6(66.7)

244 (53)

M. avium complex (MAC)

99 (28.1)

4 (8)

14 (28.6)

1 (11.1)

118 (25.7)

M. fortuitum species group

91 (25.9)

7 (14)

15 (30.6)

0

113 (24.6)

M. kansasii

71 (20.2)

 

1 (2.0)

1 (11.1)

73 (15.9)

M. scrofulaceum

8 (2.3)

   

8 (1.7)

M. mucogenicum

6 (1.7)

 

2 (4.1)

 

8 (1.7)

M. lentiflavum

3 (0.9)

   

3 (0.7)

M. szulgai

2 (0.6)

   

2 (0.4)

M. interjectum

1 (0.3)

   

1(0.2)

M. simiae

1 (0.3)

1(2.0)

  

2 (0.4)

M. triplex

1 (0.3)

   

1(0.2)

M. genavense

   

1 (11.1)

1(0.2)

M. haemophilum

 

10 (20)

2 (4.1)

 

12 (2.6)

M. marinum

 

3 (6.0)

  

3 (0.6)

M. neoaurum

  

2 (4.1)

 

2 (0.4)

M. terrae complex

 

1 (2.0)

  

1(0.2)

  1. Note: the data was presented as number (%) otherwise specified