TABLE 2.
Distribution of 63 RGM clinical isolates by type of specimen, and species identification according to partial rpoB sequencing
| rpoB identification | No. of isolates from the following type of specimen:
|
Total no. of isolates | % Similarity | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sputum | Alveolar washing fluid | Bronchial aspirate | Stomach aspirate | Skin biopsy | Tibia biopsy | Joint fluid | Catheter | Prosthesis | Blood | Cerebrospinal fluid | Abscess | Urine | Unknown source | |||
| M. fortuitum | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 99.7-100 | |||||||||||
| “M. houstonense” (M. fortuitum third biovar sorbitol positive) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 99.7-100 | ||||||||||||
| M. peregrinum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 98.3-100 | |||||||||||
| M. septicum | 1 | 1 | 98.3 | |||||||||||||
| M. abscessus CIP 104535T | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 100 | |||||||||
| M. abscessus ATCC 14472 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 98.3-100 | |||||||||||
| M. chelonae CIP 104535T | 1 | 1 | 99.5 | |||||||||||||
| M. chelonae ATCC 19237 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 99.5-100 | ||||||||||
| M. mucogenicum ATCC 49649 | 2 | 2 | 98.3 | |||||||||||||
| M. mucogenicum ATCC 49650T type I | 3 | 3 | 6 | 98.3-99.3 | ||||||||||||
| M. mucogenicum ATCC 49650T type II | 2 | 1 | 3 | 100 | ||||||||||||
| M. mucogenicum ATCC 49651 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 98.3-100 | |||||||||||
| M. mageritense | 1 | 1 | 98.3 | |||||||||||||
| Unidentified | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | <97 | ||||||||||
| Total | 33 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 94.8-100 |