Table 2.
Frequency of total, respiratory, and nonrespiratory isolates by nontuberculosis mycobacteria species in Wisconsin adults, 2011–2018
| NTM Species | Number (Column %) of Isolates |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 8,135) | Respiratory (n = 7,337) | Nonrespiratory (n = 798) | |
| M. avium complex | 5,872 (72.2) | 5,608 (76.4) | 264 (33.1) |
| M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 779 (9.6) | 534 (7.3) | 245 (30.7) |
| M. fortuitum grp | 483 (5.9) | 365 (5.0) | 118 (14.8) |
| M. mucogenicum | 172 (2.1) | 132 (1.8) | 40 (5.0) |
| M. xenopi | 165 (2.0) | 163 (2.2) | 2 (0.3) |
| M. peregrinum | 116 (1.4) | 111 (1.5) | 5 (0.6) |
| M. kansasii | 70 (0.9) | 64 (0.9) | 6 (0.8) |
| M. terrae complex | 39 (0.5) | 35 (0.5) | 4 (0.5) |
| M. marinum | 34 (0.4) | 0 | 34 (4.3) |
| M. porcinum | 33 (0.4) | 27 (0.4) | 6 (0.8) |
| M. neoaurum | 24 (0.3) | 16 (0.2) | 8 (1.0) |
| M. nebraskense | 19 (0.2) | 16 (0.2) | 3 (0.4) |
| M. arupense | 18 (0.2) | 16 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) |
| M. simiae complex | 15 (0.2) | 15 (0.2) | 0 |
| M. peregrinum-septicum | 14 (0.2) | 10 (0.1) | 4 (0.5) |
| M. szulgai | 12 (0.2) | 10 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) |
| M. goodii | 9 (0.1) | 5 (0.1) | 4 (0.5) |
| M. lentiflavum | 9 (0.1) | 8 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
| M. paraffinicum | 9 (0.1) | 9 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. smegmatis | 6 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 4 (0.5) |
| M. celatum | 5 (0.1) | 5 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. franklinii | 4 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
| M. malmoense | 4 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
| M. immunogenum | 4 (0.1) | 4 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. genavense | 3 (0.1) | 0 | 3 (0.4) |
| M. interjectum | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. nonchromogenicum | 3 (0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. asiaticum | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. cookii | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. elephantis | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. europaeum | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. flavescens | 2 (0.1) | 0 | 2 (0.3) |
| M. gastri | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. kubicae | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. kumamotonense | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. llatzerense | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. obuense | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. parascrofulaceum | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. phlei | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 |
| M. ulcerans | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
| Unspecified | 167 (2.1) | 138 (1.7) | 34 (4.0) |
Definition of abbreviations: grp = group; M. = Mycobacterium; NTM = nontuberculosis mycobacteria.
Respiratory samples included sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage, and tracheal aspirate specimens. All the following species had one isolate: M. agri, M. austroafricanum, M. branderi, M. canariasense, M. chlorophenolicum, M. conceptionense-houstonense, M. farcinogenes-senegalense, M. gilvum, M. haemophilum, M. iranicum, M. mageritense, M. monacense, M. palustre, M. phocaicum, M. saskatchewanense, M. senegalense, M. shimoidei, and M. thermoresistibile.