Mycobacterial infections in a large Virginia hospital, 2001-2009

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 Site of infection for mycobacterial isolates, 2001-2009 (n = 494)

Species (n; %)	Lung (n)	Skin, soft tissue, bone (n)	Multiple/ Disseminated (n)	Lymphatic (n)	Other site^a (n)
TB (37)	22	2	5	3	5
MAC (202)	157	11	18	11	5
M. gordonae (142)	137	0	0	0	5^b
M. abscessus (22)	16	3	1	1	1
M. fortuitum (19)	12	5	1	0	1
M. chelonae (14)	7	3	3	0	1
M. kansasii (14)	14	0	0	0	0
M. marinum (8)	0	8	0	0	0
Other NTM (36)^c	29	3	2	0	2
Total (494)	394	35	30	15	20

^aOther sites included genitourinary, pericardium, catheters, and wounds,
^b M. gordonae from other sites included 2 from urine and 2 from stool.
^c Other NTM from lung included 1 M. arupense, 1 M. interjectum, 2 M. kubicae, 1 M. margeritense, 1 M. mucogenicum, 2 M. nebraskense, 1 M. paraffinicum, 3 M. peregrinum, 2 M. scrofulaceum, 2 M. simiae, 1 M. szulgai, 5 M. terrae, 1 M. triplex, 1 unidentifiable NTM, 5 M. xenopi. Other NTM from skin, soft tissue, and bone contained 1 M. smegmatis, 1 M. peregrinum, and 1 M. xenopi infection. Other NTM from multiple/disseminated sites included 1 M. immunogenum and 1 M. haemophilum. Other NTM from Other sites included 1 M. fluoranthenivorans catheter infection and 1 M. terrae culture from urine.

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