Table 1

Morphometric analysis of the mucosa of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), and Mycobacterium smegmatis (SM) infected organ cultures (n=6)

	Mucus					Damaged mucus					Ciliated mucosa					Unciliated mucosa
	15 m	3 h	24 h	7 d	14 d	15 m	3 h	24 h	7 d	14 d	15 m	3 h	24 h	7 d	14 d	15 m	3 h	24 h	7 d	14 d
Figures are the percentage of the mucosal surface surveyed occupied by a particular feature. n=number of experiments in which the mucosal feature was observed out of six.
15 m=15 minutes; 3 h and 24 h=3 and 24 hours; 7d and 14d = 7 and 14 days incubation time.
MAC
Mean	22.7	19.7	15.1	18.3	10.8	24.0	18.6	20.5	15.3	37.4	14.2	16.9	12.4	19.6	12.2	39.1	44.8	52.0	46.9	39.6
SE	9.2	6.4	7.1	2.4	5.5	12.6	10.3	11.0	6.2	16.9	7.8	7.5	7.5	9.3	4.3	11.9	10.2	12.8	6.8	10.3
Median	15.5	16.2	13.2	19.1	6.1	14.8	12.5	12.7	14.8	17.6	8.9	10.4	9.6	13.4	14.0	40.8	45.7	42.2	42.4	43.7
n	5/6	5/6	5/6	6/6	4/6	5/6	5/6	5/6	4/6	5/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	5/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6

TB
Mean	12.8	18.5	17.4	13.5	16.6	19.3	28.7	21.2	25.3	29.0	20.3	21.6	15.8	11.8	16.3	47.6	31.2	45.6	49.4	38.1
SE	5.1	6.5	3.7	4.7	5.7	8.8	13.1	11.4	11.2	19.4	18.6	16.2	14.3	8.5	8.0	7.0	7.8	11.3	6.8	9.0
Median	11.6	16.4	13.6	14.5	11.3	14.7	16.9	14.1	17.8	19.3	11.3	12.8	6.4	0	11.1	46.7	28.5	33.9	44.1	35.1
n	5/6	4/6	4/6	4/6	5/6	5/6	4/6	4/6	4/6	5/6	6/6	5/6	5/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6

SM
Mean	16.8	26.4	19.0	15.1	11.0	24.7	25.9	22.8	26.5	31.3	15.3	19.3	17.9	16.8	16.3	43.2	28.4	40.3	41.6	41.4
SE	2.4	18.4	8.1	3.2	2.7	10.5	9.3	16.2	11.0	25.8	7.4	8.6	8.6	8.3	6.8	6.2	4.7	5.7	7.5	6.5
Median	17.1	14.6	15.5	16.5	11.3	19.4	22.6	12.9	15.6	19.4	12.5	16.7	9.3	11.8	17.1	44.8	30.7	42.4	42.1	38.0
n	5/6	5/6	5/6	5/6	5/6	5/6	5/6	5/6	5/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	5/6	6/6	5/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6	6/6