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Table 2 Clinical features and outcomes of 31 patients after the diagnosis of NTM-PD

From: New-onset nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in bronchiectasis: tracking the clinical and radiographic changes

Time from the diagnosis of bronchiectasis to the diagnosis of NTM-PD, months, median [IQR]

37 [18, 78]

NTM species, n (%)

Mycobacterium avium complex

25 (80.6%)

  M. avium

17 (54.8)

  M. intracellulare

8 (25.8)

Mycobacterium abscessus

M. abscessus

2 (6.5)

 Mixed infection

  M. avium/ M. intracellulare

3 (9.7)

  M. avium/ M. massiliense

1 (3.2)

Treatment initiation, n (%)

12 (25.8)

Time to treatment initiation from the diagnosis of NTM-PD

20 (13–30)

  1. NTM-PD nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, IQR inter-quartile range;