Table 1 Health departments data sources and NTM identification method for the year 2014
State | Data source | Year | NTM identification method | NTM laboratory report | Report ratea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mississippi | Mississippi’s public health | ||||
laboratories + accredited | 2014 | HPLC and DNA probes | 529 | 17.6 | |
laboratories (hospitals and/01 | |||||
commercial laboratories) | |||||
Missouri | Missouri’s public health | HPLC and DNA probes | |||
laboratories + few hospitals | 2014 | 879 | 14.5 | ||
+ commercial laboratories | |||||
Ohio | Ohio’s public health laboratories + hospitals + commercial laboratories | 2014 | HPLC, DNA probes, sequencing of the hsp65 and rpoB gene and biochemical test | 1379 | 11.8 |
Wisconsin | HPLC and DNA | ||||
2014 | probes and inconclusive isolates are sequenced. | 1413 | 24.5 | ||
Total | 4200 | 16.0 |