Volume 17, Number 3—March 2011
Research
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria from Household Plumbing of Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Disease
Table 3
Influence of water source on presence of NTM in samples from household plumbing of patients with NTM infection, 2007–2009*
Characteristic | No. households |
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---|---|---|---|
NTM positive | NTM negative | Total | |
Water source | |||
Public or private piped | 19 | 8 | 27 |
Well |
5 |
7 |
12 |
Total no. households | 24 | 15 | 39 |
*Two households received water from a piped system and a well. NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria.