| multicenter study of prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients with cystic fibrosis in france. | we performed a multicenter prevalence study of nontuberculous mycobacteria (ntm) involving 1,582 patients (mean age, 18.9 years; male/female ratio, 1.06) with cystic fibrosis in france. the overall ntm prevalence (percentage of patients with at least one positive culture) was 6.6% (104/1,582 patients), with prevalences ranging from 3.7% (in the east of france) to 9.6% (in the greater paris area). mycobacterium abscessus complex (mabsc; 50 patients) and mycobacterium avium complex (mac; 23 patien ... | 2009 | 19846643 |