The Incidence of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Infants in Kenya

Table 3

NTM identified; clinical and radiological profile of cases.

Number		Age (months) at admission	NTM species	MTBC +ve	Infant HIV status	Nutritional status at admission	TST reading (mm)	KE Score	Vital Status	CXR	Siblings	Housing
Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria
1	52452	14	M. peregrinum	No	Negative	At risk	0	0	alive	Normal	4	Mud
2	50170	5	M. smegmatis	No	Negative	Healthy	4	0	alive	Normal	1	Semi
3	50220	11	M. smegmatis	No	Negative	At risk	3	1	alive	Normal	unknown	Semi-
4	51388	5	M. chelonae	No	Negative	Healthy	0	0	Alive	Normal	2	mud
5	52696	5	M. fortuitum1	No	Negative	Healthy	0	0	Alive	Abnormal not TB	6	mud
6	52727	13	M. fortuitum1	No	Negative	SAM	10	6	alive	Normal	3	mud
7	50206	6	M. fortuitum1	No	Negative	Healthy	12	3	Alive	Normal	1	stone
8	50523	22	M. fortuitum1	No	Negative	At risk	0	0	Alive	Normal	1	stone
9	51104	19	M. fortuitum1	No	Negative	Healthy	1	1	Alive	Normal	1	mud
10	52024	7	M. fortuitum2	No	Negative-HUE	Healthy	0	1	alive	Normal	1	mud
Slow Growing Mycobacteria
11	51599	9	M. asiaticum	Yes	Positive	SAM	7	10	Died	Abnormal not TB	unk	stone
12	50049	4	M. celatum	No	Negative	MAM	0	0	Alive	Normal	3	mud
13	51598	7	M. gordonae	No	Negative	At risk	1	1	alive	Abnormal not TB	3	mud
14	52683	9	M. intracellulare	No	Negative	Healthy	0	0	alive	Abnormal not TB	3	Semi-
15	51119	12	M. malmoense	No	Negative	At risk	2	1	alive	Normal	2	Semi-
16	50380	23	M. scrofulaceum	No	Negative-HUE	At risk	12	4	alive	Abnormal TB likely	3	Mud
17	50108	20	M. scrofulaceum	No	Negative	Healthy	3	3	alive	Normal	1	mud
Unidentified Mycobacteria
18	50178	11	Unidentified	No	Negative-HUE	Healthy	0	0	alive	Normal	unk	mud
19	51706	6	Unidentified	Yes	Negative	SAM	12	13	alive	Abnormal TB likely	2	stone