Volume 19, Number 3—March 2013
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Clinical and Therapeutic Features of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Karla Gripp Couto de Mello, Fernanda C.Q. Mello, Liamar Borga, Valeria Rolla, Rafael S. Duarte, Elizabeth P. Sampaio, Steven M. Holland, D. Rebecca Prevots, and Margareth P. Dalcolmo
Table 3
Mycobacterium species infecting 174 patients with PNTM, Brazil, 1993–2011
| Species | No. (%) patients infected |
|---|---|
| M. kansasii | 59 (33.9) |
| Mycobacterium avium complex | 53 (30.4) |
| M. abscessus | 23 (13.2) |
| M. fortuitum | 14 (8.0) |
| M. massiliense | 3 (1,7) |
| M. peregrinum | 2 (1.1) |
| M. asiaticun | 1 (0.57) |
| M. simae | 1 (0.57) |
| M. lentiflavum | 1 (0.57) |
| M. szulgai | 1 (0.57) |
| M. celatum | 1 (0.57) |
| M. terrae | 1 (0.57) |
| Not identified | 14 (8.0) |
*PNTM, pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease.
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