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Table 1. Classification of extrapulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection type, by body site, United States, 2009–2014*.

Infection type	Site
Skin and soft tissue	Arm, boil, cheek, ear, foot, genital, groin, incision, leg, lymph node, mass, neck, node, nodule, skin, thigh, tissue, wound
Disseminated
Blood	Blood, blood capillary, blood line, blood venous, blood whole, central line
Bone and joint (sterile)	Bone, bone marrow, wrist, synovial fluid, jaw, joint fluid, knee, hip
Central nervous system	Cerebrospinal fluid
Other
Abdominal	Liver, ascites fluid, gastric tube, abdominal fluid, gastric fluid, nasogastric aspirate, peritoneal, peritoneal dialysis fluid, peritoneal fluid, gastric aspirate, perianal, colonic wash, feces, rectal, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site
Urinary	Urine, urine catheterized, urine clean catch, urine midstream, urine voided
Other	Eye fluid, cervical, pericardial fluid, sternal, exit site, foreign body, pacemaker, plate, prosthesis, surgical, nasopharynx, throat, nonsterile bone and joint