Volume 17, Number 3—March 2011
Research
Mycobacterium lentiflavum in Drinking Water Supplies, Australia
Table 2
Characteristics of patients from whom Mycobacterium lentiflavum was isolated and source of isolate, Queensland, Australia, 2001–2008*
Characteristic | No. patients | Median age, y (range); sex, M/F | Source, no. isolates |
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Bronchial washing | Sputum | Wound swab/aspirate | Other | |||
Adults | ||||||
Significant clinical illness | 3 | 49 (42–85); 0/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Blood, 1 |
Nonsignificant clinical illness | 18 | 67 (22–88); 12/6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | Blood, 1 |
Probable nonsignificant clinical illness | 4 | 74 (59–81); 3/1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Ascites, 1 |
Nonsignificant clinical illness with MAC |
7 |
66 (49–75); 4/3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
Children | ||||||
Significant clinical illness | 1 | 1.6; 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Nonsignificant clinical illness | 3 | 12 (1.6–17); 1/2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
*MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex.