TY - JOUR AU - Lai, Chih-Cheng AU - Tan, Che-Kim AU - Chou, Chien-Hong AU - Hsu, Hsiao-Leng AU - Liao, Chun-Hsing AU - Huang, Yu-Tsung AU - Kao, Chuan-Liang AU - Luh, Kwen-Tay AU - Hsueh, Po-Ren T1 - Increasing Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2008 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - 294 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To assess the species distribution and epidemiologic trends of nontuberculous mycobacteria, we examined isolates from patients in Taiwan. During 2000–2008, the proportion increased significantly from 32.3% to 49.8%. Associated disease incidence increased from 2.7 to 10.2 cases per 100,000 patients. Mycobacterium avium complex and M. abscessus were most frequently isolated. KW - Nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - incidence KW - Taiwan KW - dispatch DO - 10.3201/eid1602.090675 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/2/09-0675_article ER - End of Reference