TABLE 3.
Mycobacteria isolated
| Organism | No. (%) of isolations
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Respiratory | Nonrespiratory | |
| M. tuberculosis complex | 129 (58.90) | 115 (64.24) | 14 (35.00) |
| MAC | 37 (16.89) | 17 (9.50) | 20 (50.00) |
| M. gordonae | 32 (14.61) | 30 (16.76) | 2 (5.00) |
| M. xenopi | 13 (5.93) | 13 (7.26) | |
| M. kansasii | 3 (1.37) | 3 (7.50) | |
| M. fortuitum | 1 (0.46) | 1 (0.56) | |
| M. genavense | 1 (0.46) | 1 (2.50) | |
| M. lentiflavum | 1 (0.46) | 1 (0.56) | |
| M. simiae | 1 (0.46) | 1 (0.56) | |
| M. terrae | 1 (0.46) | 1 (0.56) | |
| Total | 219 (100) | 179 (100) | 40 (100) |