Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients infected with different NTM species
From: Diagnostic delay of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in China
M. intracellulare | M. chelonae/abscessus complex | M. kansasii | M. gordonae | M. fortuitum | M. asiaticum | M. farcinogenes | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | 42 (46.1) | 26 (28.6) | 11 (12.1) | 5 (5.5) | 5 (5.5) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 91 (100.0) |
Symptoms | ||||||||
Chest pain/distress | 10 (23.8) | 14 (53.8) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 28 (30.8) |
Cough | 36 (85.7) | 18 (69.2) | 9 (81.8) | 4 (80.0) | 4 (80.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 72 (79.1) |
Hemoptysis | 8 (19.0) | 6 (23.1) | 6 (54.5) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (25.3) |
Fever/Sweats | 21 (50.0) | 16 (61.5) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 41 (45.1) |
Comorbidities | ||||||||
Comorbid conditions | ||||||||
Diabetes | 4 (9.5) | 2 (7.7) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (9.9) |
Cardiac disease | 6 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (18.2) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (13.2) |
COPD | 8 (19.0) | 2 (7.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 11 (12.1) |
Bronchiectasis | 11 (26.2) | 5 (19.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 19 (20.9) |
Chest Radiography | ||||||||
Location in lung | ||||||||
Bilateral | 36 (85.7) | 19 (73.1) | 9 (81.8) | 3 (60.0) | 3 (60.0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 72 (79.1) |
Simply left lung | 2 (4.8) | 2 (7.7) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (7.7) |
Simply right lung | 4 (9.5) | 5 (19.2) | 1 (9.1) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (13.2) |
Diffuse lung (up and lower lobes) | 20 (47.6) | 13 (50.0) | 4 (36.4) | 1 (20.0) | 3 (60.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 41 (45.1) |
Infiltrates | 36 (85.7) | 21 (80.8) | 8 (72.7) | 4 (80.0) | 5 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 75 (82.4) |
Cavitation | 28 (66.7) | 8 (30.8) | 10 (90.9) | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 53 (58.2) |
Nodules | 30 (71.4) | 18 (69.2) | 11 (100) | 3 (60.0) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 67 (73.6) |
Miliary pattern | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
Consolidation | 11(26.2) | 4 (15.4) | 1 (9.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 18 (19.8) |
Pleural effusion | 4 (9.5) | 5 (19.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 12 (13.2) |
Pleural thickness | 11 (26.2) | 8 (30.8) | 3 (27.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 24 (26.4) |
Adenopathy | 20 (47.6) | 6 (23.1) | 2 (18.2) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 30 (33.0) |