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Table 1 NTM species isolated in Humans and Water in Namwala district

From: Characterization of non-tuberculous mycobacterium from humans and water in an Agropastoral area in Zambia

NTM species

n

Frequency (%)

Humans (N = 153, n = 7)

 M. arupense

3

42.9

 M. abscesus

1

14.3

 M. avium

1

14.3

 M. fortuitum

1

14.3

 M. nebraskense

1

14.3

Water (N = 149, n = 23)

 M. gordonae

5

21.7

 M. senegalense

3

13.0

 M, fortuitum

3

13.0

 M. peregrinum

3

13.0

 M. kumamotonense

1

4.3

 M. simiae

1

4.3

 M. avium

1

4.3

 M. gilvum

2

8.7

 M. flavescens

1

4.3

 M. housetonense

1

4.3

 M. smegmatis

1

4.3

 M. parafinicum

1

4.3