Clinical Relevance of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated from Sputum in a Gold Mining Workforce in South Africa: An Observational, Clinical Study

Table 4

Deaths and medical separations, from recruitment until end of 2010, median 32 months ().

NTM species	Death; (row %)	Medical separation; (row %)	Total number of individuals
M. gordonae	0	13 (26)	51
M. kansasii	2 (4)	16 (33)	49
M. avium complex	1 (3)	12 (32)	38
M. parascrofulaceum	2 (11)	2 (11)	19
M. fortuitum	1 (5)	11 (58)	19
M. szulgai	0	1 (20)	5
New species	1 (10)	1 (10)	10
Other species	3 (11)	7 (26)	27
Total	10 (4.6)	63 (28.9)	218