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

Table 2

Frequency of 29 different species identified by molecular methods from 523 isolates.

Genus ()	Species	Anhui	Fujian	Gansu	Hunan	Jiangxi	Neimeng	Sichuan	Xinjiang	Overall (%)
Gordonia (2)	Gordonia bronchialis		1				1			2 (0.38)
NTM (488)	M. abscessus		55		5					60 (12.30)
	M. avium	2	88		13	2		1		106 (21.72)
	M. chelonae		1	5						6 (1.23)
	M. colombiense		1						2	3 (0.61)
	M. fortuitum		9		2					11 (2.25)
	M. genavense		1							1 (0.20)
	M. gordonae		28	4	2					34 (6.97)
	M. holsaticum		1							1 (0.20)
	M. intracellulare	4	173	2	22		2		3	206 (42.21)
	M. kansasii		1		1					2 (0.41)
	M. kumamotonense		1				1			2 (0.41)
	M. lentiflavum		6							6 (1.23)
	M. mantenii		1							1 (0.20)
	M. marseillense		5							5 (1.02)
	Formerly M. massiliense	1	19		2					22 (4.51)
	M. monacense		1							1 (0.20)
	M. neoaurum				2					2 (0.41)
	M. parascrofulaceum					1			2	3 (0.61)
	M. phocaicum				1					1 (0.20)
	M. saskatchewanense		2							2 (0.41)
	M. seoulense		2							2 (0.41)
	M. septicum		1					1		2 (0.41)
	M. setense			1						1 (0.20)
	M. shimoidei		2							2 (0.41)
	M. stomatepiae		1							1 (0.20)
	M. szulgai		3							3 (0.61)
	M. triplex		2							2 (0.41)
Nocardia (32)	N. farcinica			31	1	1				33 (6.31)

NTM: nontuberculous mycobacteria.