Table 1. Characteristics of 5,288 patients with NTM infections, Missouri, USA, 2008–2019*.
| Characteristics | Value† |
|---|---|
| Demographics | |
| Median age, y (IQR) | 67 (54–76) |
| Sex‡ | |
| F | 2,785 (52.7) |
| M | 2,498 (47.2) |
| Not recorded | 5 (0.1) |
| Race/ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic White | 2,753 (52.1) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 459 (8.7) |
| Asian | 91 (1.7) |
| Other/unknown |
1,985 (37.5) |
| NTM characteristics | |
| Median NTM rate (IQR)† | 68.04 (59.65–81.12) |
| Slow-growing mycobacteria | 3,806 (72.0) |
| Mycobacterium avium | 4,752 (60.13) |
| M. kansasii | 305 (3.86) |
| Rapid-growing mycobacteria | 1,482 (28.0) |
| M. fortuitum | 660 (8.35) |
| M. chelonae | 230 (6.69) |
| M. abscessus | 196 (5.7) |
| Median time to culture positivity, d (IQR), n = 4,956 | 20 (13–30) |
*Values are no. (%) patients except as indicated. NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; IQR, interquartile range. †Over study period, per 100,000 population.