|
Mycobacterium species
|
Number of isolates (%)
|
Number of samples positive on direct smear a (% of culture positive)
|
Average time until positive culture in days (smear positives; negatives)
|
|---|
|
M. tuberculosis complex
|
61 (40)
|
26 (46b)
|
16.7 (12.9; 20)
|
|
M. avium
|
12
|
2
|
6.5
|
|
M. heckeshornense
|
1
|
1
|
32.5
|
|
M. chelonae
|
4
|
0
|
18
|
|
M. fortuitum
|
2
|
0
|
35.5
|
|
M. gordonae
|
41 (27)
|
1
|
22.3
|
|
M. interjectum
|
1
|
0
|
30.5
|
|
M. intracellulare
|
1
|
0
|
11.6
|
|
M. kansasii/M. gastri
|
2
|
0
|
No data
|
|
M. malmoense
|
1
|
0
|
No data
|
|
M. szulgai
|
3
|
0
|
20.3
|
|
M. xenopi
|
22 (15)
|
0
|
38.1
|
|
Total
|
151
|
40 (26)
| |
- a: No data for 6 of the 61 samples. All six of these samples were M. tuberculosis culture positive. b. Calculated as 26 positives on a total of those 56 culture positives for which data on smear positivity were available.
