Table 5 Nontuberculous mycobacteria recovered from 405 respiratory samples from 279 patients with cystic fibrosis
Totala | RGM 30 °C | AFB Culture | RGM 30 °C | AFB Culture | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | n | Sensitivity (%)b | P b | ||
M. abscessus complex (MABSC) | 35 | 34 | 24 | 97.1 | 68.6 | 0.004 |
M. avium complex (MAC) | 26 | 20 | 19 | 76.9 | 73.1 | 1.000 |
M. chelonae complex | 22 | 22 | 2 | 100 | 9.1 | < 0.0001 |
M. llatzerense | 14 | 14 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0.0005 |
M. paragordonae / gordonae | 11 | 10 | 2 | 90.9 | 18.2 | 0.027 |
Mycobacterium species | 11 | 10 | 0 | 90.9 | 0 | 0.004 |
M. mucogenicum-phocaicum group | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – |
M. paraffinicum | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
M. septicum | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
M. arupense | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – |
M. fortuitum | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – |
M. iranicum | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – |
M. obuense | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – |
Total | 130 | 120 | 49 | 92.3 | 37.7 | < 0.0001 |