Fig. 2.

Identification of species among suspected NTM isolates. M. fortuitum = Mycobacterium fortuitum; M. mageritense = Mycobacterium mageritense; M. abscessus = Mycobacterium abscessus; M. perigrinum = Mycobacterium perigrinum; M. smegmatis = Mycobacterium smegmatis; M. intracellulare = Mycobacterium intracellulare; M. chimaera = Mycobacterium chimaera; M. gordonae = Mycobacterium gordonae; M. lentiflavum = Mycobacterium lentiflavum; M. scrofulaceum = Mycobacterium scrofulaceum; M. asiaticum = Mycobacterium asiaticum; M. goodii = Mycobacterium goodii; M. interjectum = Mycobacterium interjectum; M. avium = Mycobacterium avium; N = number of isolates tested. *Mycobacterium species that could not be identified to the species level. †Members of a group of gram-positive bacterium with high guanine and cytosine content. ‡Group of bacteria that were neither mycobacteria nor high G + C gram-positive bacteria according to assay kit manufacturer’s instructions