Table 1.
|
All Patients with PNTM (n = 915) |
MAC (n = 744) |
M. abscessus (n = 174) |
---|---|---|---|
(%) | (%) | (%) | |
Physician specialty | |||
Pulmonology | 37 | 38 | 35 |
Infectious disease | 39 | 38 | 41 |
Internal medicine | 17 | 17 | 18 |
Family/general practitioner | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Practice setting | |||
NTM specialty center | 43 | 41 | 51 |
Physician’s office | 57 | 59 | 48 |
Region | |||
Northeast | 20 | 21 | 14 |
Southeast | 35 | 36 | 35 |
Midwest | 20 | 20 | 21 |
West | 25 | 23 | 30 |
Patient age, yr | |||
<50 | 29 | 29 | 30 |
≥50 | 71 | 71 | 70 |
Patient sex | |||
Female | 48 | 48 | 45 |
Male | 52 | 52 | 55 |
Patient race/ethnicity | |||
White | 49 | 48 | 52 |
Black | 27 | 29 | 18 |
Hispanic/Latino | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Selected patient comorbidities | |||
Asthma | 27 | 27 | 28 |
COPD | 26 | 27 | 24 |
Bronchiectasis | 19 | 22 | 7 |
Diabetes mellitus | 17 | 15 | 24 |
HIV/AIDS infection | 10 | 11 | 7 |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Definition of abbreviations: AIDS = acquired immune deficiency syndrome; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; MAC = Mycobacterium avium complex; NTM = nontuberculous mycobacteria; PNTM = pulmonary NTM.
Three patients were positive for both MAC and M. abscessus.