Identification of Species of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Clinical Isolates from 8 Provinces of China

Table 1

The distribution of clinical NTM strains throughout 8 Chinese provinces.

Province	Mycobacterium strain number	NTM number	Rate of NTM in Mycobacterium (%)
Anhui	180	7	3.9
Fujian	3139	405	12.9
Gansu	623	43	6.9
Hunan	1133	51	4.5
Jiangxi	93	4	4.3
Inner Mongolia	103	4	3.9
Sichuan	44	2	4.5
Xinjiang	140	7	5.0
Total	5455	523	9.6

NTM: nontuberculosis mycobacterium.