Volume 14, Number 9—September 2008
Dispatch
Occurrence and Clinical Relevance of Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Germany
Birgitta Schweickert
, Oliver Goldenberg, Elvira Richter, Ulf B. Göbel, Annette Petrich, Petra Buchholz, and Annette Moter
, Oliver Goldenberg, Elvira Richter, Ulf B. Göbel, Annette Petrich, Petra Buchholz, and Annette MoterTable 1
Distribution of mycobacterial species and sequevars*
| Species, sequevar† | Total isolates, no. (%), n = 166 | Isolates from Charité,‡ no. (%), n = 97 | Isolates from NRC,‡ no. (%), n = 69 | Odds ratio (p value§) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAC | ||||
| MAC-A | 143 (86.1) | 90 (92.8) | 53 (76.8) | 3.88 (p = 0.003) |
| MAC-C | 2 (1.2) | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.5) | ND |
| MAC-E |
1 (0.6) |
1 (1.0) |
0 |
ND |
| Min | ||||
| Min-A | 17 (10.2) | 3 (3.1) | 14 (20.3) | 0.12 (p<0.001) |
| Min-C | 3 (1.8) | 2 (2.1) | 1 (1.5) | ND |
*MAC, M. avium complex species; MAC-A, M. chimaera sp. nov.; ND, not done; Min, M. intracellulare; Min-A, M. intracellulare type strain.
†Classification of MAC strains according to the taxonomy of Frothingham and Wilson (3).
‡Charité, Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany; NRC, National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Borstel, Germany.
§χ2 test, software package Stata version 9 (Stata Corporation, College Station, TX, USA).
