Molecular identification of non-tuberculous mycobacterial species isolated from extrapulmonary samples using real-time PCR and rpoB sequence analysis

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Table 3 Baseline Characteristics of patients with EPNTM infection (n = 77)

Main symptoms	PMH*	EP NTM**
Productive cough, chest wall pain & weight loss	HIV^a	26
Productive cough	Smoker	9
Local pain, small pale nodule	Respiratory failure	5
Productive cough, fever, body weight loss	Tuberculosis	11
Fever	HCV^b	4
Fever, inflammation and tenderness in join	Diabetic	5
Productive cough, fever, weight loss	Immunocompromised	4
Local abscess and discharge	COPD^c	13

PMH*: past medical history; EP NTM**: Extrapulmonay non-tuberculosis mycobacteria; HIV^a: human immunodeficiency virus; HCV^b: Hepatitis C virus; COPD^c: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease