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Table 1 Prevalence of NTM infection in different regions based on geographic areas of China

From: Nontuberculous mycobacteria in China: incidence and antimicrobial resistance spectrum from a nationwide survey

Regions

Isolates

NTM

NTM Rate (95% CI)

P-value

RGM

SGM

RGM Rate (95% CI)

SGM Rate (95% CI)

South

3709

287

7.7 (6.9‒8.6)

< 0.01

126

161

43.9 (38.3‒49.7)

56.1 (50.3‒61.7)

< 0.01

North

1208

30

2.5 (1.7‒3.5)

 

2

28

6.7 (1.9‒2.1)

93.3 (78.7‒98.2)

 

Coastal

2207

236

10.7 (9.5‒12.1)

< 0.01

118

118

50.0 (43.7‒56.3)

50.0 (43.7‒56.3)

< 0.01

Inland

2710

81

3.0 (2.4‒3.7)

 

10

71

12.4 (6.9‒21.3)

87.7 (78.7‒93.2)

 
  1. Provinces locate in northern region: Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang 
  2. Provinces locate in southern region: Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Chongqing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan
  3. Provinces locate in coastal region: Tianjin, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei
  4. Provinces locate in inland region: Beijing, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang
  5. NTM nontuberculous mycobacteria, RGM rapid growing mycobacteria, SGM slow growing mycobacteria