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. 2014 May 21;14:279. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-279

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for NTM isolates from 2001-2011

Species Count
Proportion of all isolates Mean ± SD (per postcode) Range
Total Pulmonary Extra- pulmonary
M. intracellulare
2,306
2,184
122
34.9%
5.50 ± 7.76
0–63
M. avium
674
599
75
10.2%
1.50 ± 2.72
0–16
M. fortuitum
493
195
298
7.5%
1.10 ± 1.92
0–13
M. abscessus
489
334
155
7.4%
1.16 ± 2.01
0–17
M. kansasii
188
174
14
2.8%
0.45 ± 1.17
0–15
M. chelonae
183
64
119
2.8%
0.43 ± 0.95
0–9
M. gordonae
162
146
16
2.5%
0.39 ± 0.81
0–6
Other
1,357
909
448
20.6%
2.40 ± 3.61
0-34
Unspeciated
747
703
44
11.3%
2.39 ± 3.59
0-31
Total 6,599 5308 1291 100.0% 2.55 ± 4.96 0-63