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Table 3 Comorbidities of NTM lung disease

From: Characterization of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in Nanjing district of China

Comorbidities No. of isolates

MAB (n = 10)

MAV (n = 10)

MKA (n = 5)

MIN (n = 6)

MGO (n = 1)

Total87

Percent

Previous TB

8

6

0

41

1

56

64.4%

Clinical Bronchiectasis

6

0

0

11

0

17

19.5%

HIV positive

0

8

4

5

0

17

19.5%

COPD

0

0

1

5

0

6

6.9%

Hepatitis

2

0

0

3

0

5

5.7%

DM

0

0

0

4

0

4

4.6%

Hypertension

1

0

0

3

0

4

4.6%

Cancer

0

0

0

3

0

3

3.4%

AS

0

1

0

0

0

1

1.1%

Pulmonary fibrosis

1

0

0

3

0

4

4.6%

Total

18

15

5

78

1

117

 

Percent

15.4%

12.8%

4.3%

66.7%

0.9%

  
  1. MAB M. chelonae ss. abscessus and M. chelonae complex, MAV M. avium, MKA M. kansasii, MIN M. intracellulare, MGO M. gordonae. DM diabetes mellitus, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, AS Ankylosing