Table 1 NTM frequency according to disease category, age, sample localization, and sex.
NTM species | Total | Definite NTM disease | Possible NTM disease | NTM coloni-zation | Age Median [IQR] | Localisation Pulmonary % | Localisation Non pulmonary % | Sex male% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | n | n | |||||
M. abscessus/chelonae | 195 | 93 | 37 | 65 | 46.6 [45.2] | 82.6 | 15.9 | 54.4 |
M. avium complex | 1,757 | 1,093 | 403 | 261 | 55.0 [59.1] | 56.9 | 35.9 | 52.6 |
Adults aged 15+* | 1,309 | 652 | 400 | 257 | 64.2 [26.0] | 75.1 | 15.5 | 56.3 |
Children aged 0–14† | 448 | 441 | 3 | 4 | 2.5 [2.0] | 3.8 | 95.3 | 41.7 |
M. gordonae | 527 | 0 | 0 | 527 | 65.9 [21.9] | 94.1 | 5.5‡ | 58.4 |
M. kansasii | 55 | 34 | 15 | 6 | 50.0 [36.4] | 83.6 | 12.7 | 58.2 |
M. malmoense | 139 | 97 | 23 | 19 | 59.5 [42.0] | 71.2 | 28.8 | 55.4 |
M. marinum | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 [27.4] | 1.0 | 98.0 | 72.0 |
M. fortuitum/peregrinum | 123 | 15 | 24 | 84 | 59.4 [31.0] | 91.9 | 8.1 | 59.3 |
M. xenopi | 140 | 61 | 42 | 37 | 63.6 [21.6] | 95.0 | 2.9 | 60.0 |
Others§ | 426 | 125 | 110 | 191 | 62.1 [25.5] | 81.0 | 17.5 | 55.8 |
Total | 3,462 | 1,618 | 654 | 1,190 | 58.5 [37.2] | 69.1** | 26.7** | 55.4 |
