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Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
Synopsis

Spatial Epidemiologic Analysis and Risk Factors for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections, Missouri, USA, 2008–2019

Carlos Mejia-ChewComments to Author , Miguel A. Chavez, Min Lian, Angela McKee, Leighton Garrett, Thomas C. Bailey, Andrej Spec, Mansi Agarwal, and George Turabelidze
Author affiliations: Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA (C. Mejia-Chew, M.A. Chavez, M. Lian, T.C. Bailey, A. Spec, M. Agarwal); Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Jefferson City, Missouri, USA (A. McKee, L. Garrett); Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. St. Louis (G. Turabelidze)

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Table 1

Characteristics of 5,288 patients with NTM infections, Missouri, USA, 2008–2019*

Characteristics Value†
Demographics
Median age, y (IQR) 67 (54–76)
Sex‡
F 2,785 (52.7)
M 2,498 (47.2)
Not recorded 5 (0.1)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 2,753 (52.1)
Non-Hispanic Black 459 (8.7)
Asian 91 (1.7)
Other/unknown
1,985 (37.5)
NTM characteristics
Median NTM rate (IQR)† 68.04 (59.65–81.12)
Slow-growing mycobacteria 3,806 (72.0)
Mycobacterium avium 4,752 (60.13)
M. kansasii 305 (3.86)
Rapid-growing mycobacteria 1,482 (28.0)
M. fortuitum 660 (8.35)
M. chelonae 230 (6.69)
M. abscessus 196 (5.7)
Median time to culture positivity, d (IQR), n = 4,956 20 (13–30)

*Values are no. (%) patients except as indicated. NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; IQR, interquartile range. †Over study period, per 100,000 population.

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