Table 3.
Most common nontuberculosis mycobacteria species isolated from nonrespiratory sites in Wisconsin adults, 2011–2018
| Site | Total (N = 798) [n (%)] |
Most Frequent Species |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | n (%) | ||
| SST | 306 (38.3) | M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 132 (43.1) |
| M. fortuitum grp | 51 (16.7) | ||
| M. avium complex | 45 (14.7) | ||
| M. marinum | 33 (10.8) | ||
| Other | 193 (24.2) | M. avium complex | 104 (53.9) |
| M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 38 (19.7) | ||
| M. fortuitum grp | 31 (16.1) | ||
| Blood | 99 (12.4) | M. avium complex | 28 (28.3) |
| M. mucogenicum | 27 (27.3) | ||
| M. fortuitum grp | 16 (16.2) | ||
| M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 11 (11.1) | ||
| Gastrointestinal | 65 (8.1) | M. avium complex | 31 (47.7) |
| M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 14 (21.5) | ||
| M. fortuitum grp | 10 (15.4) | ||
| HENT | 37 (4.6) | M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 23 (62.2) |
| M. avium complex | 8 (21.6) | ||
| Pleural | 29 (3.6) | M. avium complex | 20 (69.0) |
| M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 3 (10.3) | ||
| Musculoskeletal | 22 (2.8) | M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 11 (50.0) |
| M. avium complex | 7 (31.8) | ||
| Genitourinary | 15 (1.9) | M. avium complex | 11 (73.3) |
| Eye | 12 (1.5) | M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 10 (83.3) |
| Lymph node | 12 (1.5) | M. avium complex | 7 (58.3) |
| CNS | 5 (0.6) | M. avium complex | 1 (20.0) |
| M. chelonae-abscessus grp | 1 (20.0) | ||
| M. fortuitum grp | 1 (20.0) | ||
| M. mucogenicum | 1 (20.0) | ||
| Unidentified NTM species | 1 (20.0) | ||
| Bone marrow | 1 (0.1) | M. avium complex | — |
| Heart | 1 (0.1) | M. avium complex | — |
Definition of abbreviations: CNS = central nervous system; grp = group; HENT = head, ears, nose, or throat; M. = Mycobacterium; NTM = nontuberculosis mycobacteria; SST = skin and soft tissue.