Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link Skip directly to A-Z link
Volume 17, Number 3—March 2011
Synopsis

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Tract Infections, Eastern Asia

Sami SimonsComments to Author , Jakko van Ingen, Po-Ren Hsueh, Nguyen Van Hung, P.N. Richard Dekhuijzen, Martin J. Boeree, and Dick van Soolingen
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (S. Simons, J. van Ingen, P.N.R. Dekhuijzen, M.J. Boeree); National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM),; Bilthoven, the Netherlands (J. van Ingen, D. van Soolingen); National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (P.-R. Hsueh); National Hospital of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Hanoi, Vietnam (N.V. Hung)

Main Article

Table 1

Nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated in Asia, 1971–2007*

Species Before 1990
(n = 1,205)† After 1990
(n = 7,614)†
Mycobacterium abscessus – X
M. aichiense X –
M. asiaticum X –
M. avium complex X X
M. celatum – X
M. chelonae X X
M. flavescens X X
M. fortuitum X X
M. gastri X X
M. gordonae X X
M hemophilum X –
M. kansasii X X
M. malmoense X –
M. marinum X X
M. neoarum X –
M. parafortuitum X –
M. phlei X X
M. scrofulaceum X X
M. simiae X X
M. smegmatis X X
M. szulgai X X
M. terrae X X
M. tokaiense X –
M. triviale X X
M. thermophilum X –
M. thermoresistibile X –
M. ulcerans X –
M. vaccae X X
M. xenopi X X

*Data derived from references 4–33. X, isolated; –, not isolated.
†Proportions of identification methods used (biochemical:molecular) 6:1 before 1990, 5:8 after 1990.

Main Article

Page created: July 25, 2011
Page updated: July 25, 2011
Page reviewed: July 25, 2011
The conclusions, findings, and opinions expressed by authors contributing to this journal do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Public Health Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the authors' affiliated institutions. Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by any of the groups named above.
file_external