Table 1.
Radiological findings according to the NTM species
| Smear-positive Nb (%) |
Cavitary forms Nb (%) |
Nodulo-bronchiectatic Forms Nb (%) |
Other findings Nb (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mycobacterium avium complex (n = 286) | 98 (34.3) | 46 (16.1) | 169 (59.1) | 71 (24.8) |
| Mycobacterium xenopi (n = 94) | 39 (41.5) | 32 (34.0) | 40 (42.6) | 22 (23.4) |
| Mycobacterium kansasii (n = 27) | 11 (40.7) | 7 (25.9) | 15 (55.6) | 5 (18.5) |
| Mycobacterium abscessus complex (n = 18) | 11 (61.1) | 2 (11.1) | 10 (55.6) | 6 (33.3) |
| Mycobacterium fortuitum complex (n = 17) | 3 (17.6) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) |
| Other species (n = 35) | 13 (37.1) | 4 (11.4) | 17 (48.6) | 14 (40.0) |
| Total (n = 477) | 175 (36.7) | 91 (19.1) | 259 (54.3) | 127 (26.6) |