Research Article
Species Identification and Clarithromycin Susceptibility Testing of 278 Clinical Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Isolates
Table 1
The result of NTM species identification.
| ā | Species | Number (%) of strains |
| RGM = 100 (36%) | M. abscessus | 70 (25%) | M. fortuitum | 23 (8%) | M. chelonei | 5 (2%) | M. fuerth | 2 (1%) |
| SGM = 178 (64%) | MAC | 131 (47%) | M. kansasii | 34 (12%) | M. gordon | 13 (5%) |
| Total = 278 (100%) | NTM | 278 (100%) |
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