Volume 16, Number 10—October 2010
CME ACTIVITY
Changing Epidemiology of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections
Rachel M. Thomson
and on behalf of the NTM working group at the Queensland TB Control CentreQueensland Mycobacterial Reference Laboratory
and on behalf of the NTM working group at the Queensland TB Control CentreQueensland Mycobacterial Reference LaboratoryTable 4
Clinical significance of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates from nonpulmonary sites, Queensland, Australia, 2005*
| Species | Significant | Under evaluation | Not significant | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mycobacterium intracellulare | 7 (58.3) | – | 5 (41.7) | 12 |
| M. avium | 6 (66.7) | 2 (22.2) | 1 (11.1) | 9 |
| M. scrofulaceum | 3 (60) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 5 |
| M. gordonae | 1 (33.3) | – | 2 (66.7) | 3 |
| M. abscessus | 9 (81.8) | – | 2 (18.2) | 11 |
| M. chelonae | 8 (72.7) | – | 3 (27.3) | 11 |
| M. fortuitum | 23 (69.7) | 3 (9.1) | 7 (21.2) | 33 |
| M. peregrinum | 7 (100) | – | – | 7 |
| M. asiaticum | – | – | 1 (100) | 1 |
| M. haemophilum | 1 (33.3) | – | 2 (66.7) | 3 |
| M. lentiflavum | – | – | 1 (100) | 1 |
| M. mucogenicum | – | – | 1 (100) | 1 |
| M. marinum | – | – | 1 (100) | 1 |
| M. smegmatis | 1 (50) | – | 1 (50) | 2 |
| M. szulgai | 1 (100) | – | – | 1 |
| M. ulcerans | 4 (100) | – | – | 4 |
| Atypical mycobacteria NFI | 3 (27.3) | – | 8 (72.7) | 11 |
| Slow grower unspeciated | 1 (50) | – | 1 (50) | 2 |
| Other | – | – | 1 (100) | 1 |
| Total | 97 (67.8) | 6 (4.2) | 40 (28) | 143 |
*Values are given as no. isolates (% of total for species). –, not applicable; NFI, not further identified.
