Species Identification and Clarithromycin Susceptibility Testing of 278 Clinical Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria Isolates

Table 1

The result of NTM species identification.

	Species	Number (%) of strains
RGM; = 100 (36%)	M. abscessus	70 (25%)
	M. fortuitum	23 (8%)
	M. chelonei	5 (2%)
	M. fuerth	2 (1%)
SGM; = 178 (64%)	MAC	131 (47%)
	M. kansasii	34 (12%)
	M. gordon	13 (5%)
Total = 278 (100%)	NTM	278 (100%)