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TABLE 1.

Clinical characteristics of 20 patients with pulmonary M. asiaticum isolates^a

ID	Age/sex	Specimen type	M. asiaticum microbiology	Risk factors/comorbidities	Isolates pre-M. asiaticum	Isolates post-M. asiaticum	Pulmonary disease
1	52/M	Sputum	S⁺ C⁺, 4/5; S⁻ C⁺, 1/5	Asthma/COPD	Nil	Nil	Present
2	73/F	Sputum	S⁺⁺, 3/3; C⁺; subsequent multiple positive cultures	BE, COPD	P. aeruginosa	Other NTM, Aspergillus, Acinetobacter, A. xylosoxidans	Present
3	79/M	Sputum	S⁻; C⁺, 10/04; S⁻ C⁺, 2/5	COPD, previous Dukes C bowel cancer	NTM	S. aureus, S. maltophilia, P. aeruginosa	Possible
4	55/M	Sputum	S⁻ C⁺	COPD	Other NTM^b	P. aeruginosa	Possible
5	28/F	Sputum	S⁻ C⁺	CF, ABPA	Other NTM, P. aeruginosa, Aspergillus sp., S. aureus	P. aeruginosa, S. aureus	Possible
6	77/F	Sputum	S, NA; C⁺	BE, GERD	Other NTM, H. influenzae	P. aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis	Possible
7	85/M	Br wash	S⁻ C+	NSCLC	Nil	Nil	Possible
8	72/M	Br wash	S⁻ C⁺	HBV, NSCLC	Nil	Nil	Possible
9	52/M	Br wash	S⁻ C⁺	None	Nil	Nil	No
10	38/M	Sputum	S, NA; C⁺	Non-IV drug use	Nil	Nil	No
11	68/M	Sputum	S⁻ C⁺	DM, COPD	Nil	NTM	No
12	62/F	Sputum	S⁻ C⁺	TB	M. tuberculosis	Nil	No
13	46/F	Sputum	S⁻ C⁺		Nil	Nil	No
14	77/F	Br wash	S⁻ C⁺	BE, DM	Nil	Nil	No
15	83/M	Br wash	S⁻ C⁺	Asthma/COPD	Nil	MAC, S. aureus, Aspergillus sp.	No
16	76/F	Sputum	S⁺⁺ C⁺	DM	NTM	NA
17	52/M	Br wash/sputum	S⁻ C⁺, 2/04; S⁻ C⁺, 10/04	COPD	NTM	S. maltophilia, P. aeruginosa, S. aureus	No
18	37/F	Sputum	S⁻ C⁺	Alcoholism, COPD, BE	Nil	Nil	No
19	25/M	Sputum	S⁺ C⁺		Nil	Nil	No
20	84/M	Sputum	S⁻ C⁺	Previous TB?	Nil	Nil	No

ABPA, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; BE, bronchiectasis; Br wash, bronchial washings; C, culture; CF, cystic fibrosis; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cz, ceftazidime; DM, diabetes mellitus; F, female; GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease; HBV, hepatitis B virus; ID, patient identification number; IV, intravenous; M, male; MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex; NA, not available; NSCLC, non-small cell lung cancer; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; S, smear; S. maltophilia, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; 2/04, February 2004; 10/04, October 2004; 2/05, February 2005.

The most common other NTM were MAC and unspeciated slow growers. Others included M. smegmatis, M. gordonae, M. kubicae, and M. peregrinum.