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Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019
Research

Mycobacterium avium in Community and Household Water, Suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010–2012

Leah LandeComments to Author , David C. Alexander, Richard J. Wallace, Rebecca Kwait, Elena Iakhiaeva, Myra Williams, Andrew D.S. Cameron, Stephen Olshefsky, Ronit Devon, Ravikiran Vasireddy, Donald D. Peterson, and Joseph O. Falkinham
Author affiliations: Lankenau Medical Center and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA (L. Lande, R. Kwait, R. Devon, D.D. Peterson); University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (D.C. Alexander); The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler, Texas, USA (R.J. Wallace, Jr., E. Iakhiaeva, R. Vasireddy); Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA (M. Williams, J.O. Falkinham, III); University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (A.D.S. Cameron, S. Olshefsky)

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Table 1

Characteristics of patients with Mycobacterium avium complex infection and study controls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010–2012*

Characteristic Patients, n = 26 Controls, n = 11
Age, y
40–49 1 4
50–59 2 0
60–65 4 3
66–69 3 1
70–75 3 2
76–79 2 1
>80 11 0
Median (range)
 77 (44–90)
 64 (40–77)
Race
White 25 (97) 11 (100)
Black
 1 (3)
 0
Tobacco use
Lifetime nonsmoker 15 (58) 8 (73)
Current smoker 0 0
Former smoker 11 (42) 3 (27)
Pack-years, no.
5–10 4 0
11–20 4 2
21–30 1 1
31–40 0 0
>40
 2
 0
Preexisting lung disease†
Present 3 (12) 3 (27)
Absent 23 (88) 8 (73)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. Only female patients were included in the study.
†Lung disease recognized before diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacteria infection.

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