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Table 5 Number of NTM isolates cultured using different media

From: Factors associated with the isolation of Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) from a large municipal water system in Brisbane, Australia

 

Winter media

Summer media

Species

MGIT

MGIT + PANTA

7H11

7H11

M. abscessus

3

7

3

 

M. abscessus/chelonae

1

 

2

 

M. bolletii/M. massiliense

 

1

  

M. fortuitum complex

  

14

13

M. gordonae

14

12

94

24

M. kansasii

34

45

52

5

M. mucogenicum

6

4

32

31

M. terrae

   

2

M. intracellulare

  

2

1

M. lentiflavum

3

10

6

 

MAC

  

3

 

M. flavescens

  

1

2

M. interjectum

 

1

6

1

M. simiae

  

2

 

M. szulgai

1

 

9

 
  1. MGIT: Mycobacterial Growth Indicator Tube; PANTA: polymixin, azlocillin, naladixic acid, trimethroprim, amphotericin B.
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