Characteristics,underlying diseases and laboratory findings of 50 patients with a non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).

Values are expressed as number (%) of patients with valid information unless otherwise stated.
aUnderlying diseases classified according to the criteria of the McCabe classification:
1)healthy i.e. no other diseases.
2)non-fatal chronic diseases.
3)ultimately fatal diseases with expected life expectancy of maximally 5 years.
4)rapidly fatal diseases with expected survival for no more than 6 months.