Table 1.
Health departments data sources and NTM identification method for the year 2014
| State | Data source | Year | NTM identification method | NTM laboratory report | Report ratea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | Mississippi’s public health | ||||
| laboratories + accredited | 2014 | HPLC and DNA probes | 529 | 17.6 | |
| laboratories (hospitals and/01 | |||||
| commercial laboratories) | |||||
| Missouri | Missouri’s public health | HPLC and DNA probes | |||
| laboratories + few hospitals | 2014 | 879 | 14.5 | ||
| + commercial laboratories | |||||
| Ohio | Ohio’s public health laboratories + hospitals + commercial laboratories | 2014 | HPLC, DNA probes, sequencing of the hsp65 and rpoB gene and biochemical test | 1379 | 11.8 |
| Wisconsin | HPLC and DNA | ||||
| 2014 | probes and inconclusive isolates are sequenced. | 1413 | 24.5 | ||
| Total | 4200 | 16.0 |
a Rate per 100,000 persons