Table 3 Rapid growing (RGM) and slow growing mycobacteria (SGM) isolated from the environment in Uganda during September 2008 to January 2009.

RGM

M. fortuitum-peregrinum complex

1

1

1

2

7

12

M. parafortuitum

1

1

M. vanbaaleni

1

1

M. chubuense

1

1

Total RGM

1

1

2

2

9

15

SGM

M. avium complex

2

1

5

6

14

M. gordonae

1

4

5

M. terrae

1

1

M. arupense

1

1

M. nonchromogenicum

5

5

M. hiberniae

1

1

M. engbaekii

2

2

M. kubicae

2

2

M. senuense

1

1

M. simiae

1

1

Total SGM

2

6

8

8

9

33

Grand total

3

7

10

10

18

48