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Volume 20, Number 8—August 2014
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Pulmonary Infection and Colonization with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2012

Jung-Yien Chien, Chih-Cheng Lai, Wang-Huei Sheng, Chong-Jen Yu, and Po-Ren HsuehComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Taiwan University College of Medicine Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan (J.-Y. Chien); Ministry of Health and Welfare Chest Hospital, Tainan (J.-Y. Chien); National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei (J.-Y. Chien, W.-H. Sheng, C.-.J. Yu, P.-R. Hsueh); C.-M. Medical Center, Liouying, Taiwan (C.-C. Lai)

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Table 1

Annual number of patients with pulmonary mycobacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and infection or colonization/contamination with NTM, Taiwan, 2000–2012*

Bacterial species infection or colonization % Patients (no.)
 p value
2000, n = 456) 2001, n = 743) 2002, n = 871) 2003, n = 839) 2004, n = 1,230) 2005, n = 1,115) 2006, n = 1,116) 2007, n = 1,266) 2008, n = 1,263) 2009, n = 1,312) 2010, n = 1,138) 2011, n = 1,201) 2012, n = 1,102)
M. tuberculosis infection
 63.6 (290)
 61.4 (456)
 53.8 (469)
 56.3 (472)
 55.1 (678)
 47.8 (533)
 42.7 (476)
 37.5 (475)
 33.9 (428)
 31.0 (407)
 34.3 (390)
 37.1 (446)
 32.5 (358)
 <0.01
NTM infection 15.8 (72) 19.5 (145) 21.1 (184) 21.1 (177) 19.0 (234) 21.2 (236) 22.6 (252) 24.6 (312) 28.2 (356) 27.1 (356) 26.4 (300) 30.7 (369) 29.4 (324) <0.01
M. avium–intracellulare complex 6.8 (31) 8.3 (62) 8.4 (73) 9.5 (80) 7.3 (90) 9.1 (101) 9.3 (104) 9.3 (118) 10.6 (134) 10.2 (134) 11.2 (127) 14.2 (171) 13.8 (152) <0.01
M. abscessus 2.0 (9) 3.4 (25) 4.5 (39) 3.8 (32) 2.6 (32) 4.1 (46) 5.3 (59) 5.8 (73) 6.3 (79) 5.1 (67) 5.5 (63) 7.7 (93) 8.4 (93) <0.01
M. fortuitum 3.7 (17) 2.0 (15) 2.6 (23) 3.5 (29) 4.1 (50) 2.0 (22) 2.2 (25) 2.8 (35) 4.0 (51) 4.1 (54) 3.8 (43) 4.0 (48) 2.8 (31) 0.07
M. chelonae 1.1 (5) 1.5 (11) 1.4 (12) 2.5 (21) 2.5 (31) 2.4 (27) 2.8 (31) 3.4 (43) 3.2 (41) 3.2 (42) 2.2 (25) 1.2 (15) 0.7 (8) 0.82
M. kansasii 0.7 (3) 1.3 (10) 1.3 (11) 0.6 (5) 1.0 (12) 2.2 (25) 1.8 (20) 1.3 (17) 2.2 (28) 2.0 (26) 1.9 (22) 2.0 (24) 2.8 (31) <0.01
M. gordonae 0.9 (4) 1.3 (10) 1.1 (10) 0.8 (7) 0.7 (8) 0.8 (9) 0.8 (9) 0.9 (11) 1.7 (21) 2.5 (33) 1.6 (18) 1.5 (18) 0.6 (7) 0.04
Other 0.7 (3) 1.6 (12) 1.8 (16) 0.4 (3) 0.9 (11) 0.5 (6) 0.4 (4) 1.2 (15) 0.2 (2) 0 0.2 (2) 0 0.2 (2) <0.01
M. terrae complex 0 0.1 (1) 0.7 (6) 0 0.1 (1) 0.2 (2) 0.1 (1) 0.3 (4) 0 0 0.2 (2) 0 0 –
M. scrofulaceum 0.4 (2) 0.3 (2) 0.2 (2) 0 0.2 (3) 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0.2 (2) 0 0 0 0 0.2 (2) –
M. phlei 0 0.5 (4) 0.1 (1) 0.4 (3) 0.3 (4) 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. smegmatis 0.2 (1) 0 0 0 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0 0.5 (6) 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 –
M. xenopi 0 0.1 (1) 0.8 (7) 0 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. flavescens 0 0.5 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. celatum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 –
M. asiaticum 0 0 0 0 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. mageritense 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. szulgai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. vaccae
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0.1 (1)
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
 –
NTM colonization/contamination 20.6 (94) 19.1 (142) 25.0 (218) 22.6 (190) 25.9 (318) 31.0 (346) 34.8 (388) 37.8 (479) 37.9 (479) 41.8 (549) 39.4 (448) 32.1 (386) 38.1 (420) <0.01
M. avium–intracellulare complex 3.9 (18) 6.1 (45) 6.2 (54) 9.4 (79) 5.9 (72) 13.8 (154) 10.9 (122) 10.1 (128) 10.5 (132) 9.9 (130) 9.1 (103) 9.9 (119) 13.4 (148) <0.01
M. fortuitum 4.4 (20) 2.7 (20) 5.2 (45) 2.6 (22) 6.4 (79) 5.6 (62) 7.6 (85) 8.5 (108) 11.2 (142) 10.1 (132) 9.8 (111) 7.1 (85) 9.8 (108) <0.01
M. gordonae 2.6 (12) 3.2 (24) 3.9 (34) 2.9 (24) 3.1 (38) 1.7 (19) 3.8 (42) 5.1 (64) 5.5 (70) 8.2 (108) 10.3 (117) 6.9 (83) 6.4 (70) <0.01
M. abscessus 5.3 (24) 3.1 (23) 3.3 (29) 3.1 (26) 4.1 (50) 4.7 (52) 4.2 (47) 6.2 (78) 5.1 (65) 7.1 (93) 4.8 (55) 3.8 (46) 4.5 (50) 0.01
M. kansasii 1.1 (5) 0.1 (1) 1.6 (14) 1.8 (15) 1.0 (12) 1.6 (18) 4.0 (45) 2.0 (25) 2.4 (30) 2.7 (35) 2.6 (30) 2.5 (30) 2.9 (32) <0.01
M. chelonae 0.4 (2) 1.2 (9) 1.3 (11) 0.6 (5) 2.6 (32) 2.5 (28) 2.1 (23) 2.5 (32) 2.6 (33) 2.7 (36) 2.3 (26) 1.7 (20) 1.1 (12) 0.08
Other 2.9 (13) 2.7 (20) 3.6 (31) 2.3 (19) 2.8 (35) 1.2 (13) 2.2 (24) 3.5 (44) 0.6 (7) 1.1 (15) 0.5 (6) 0.2 (3) 0 <0.01
M. terrae complex 0.2 (1) 0.9 (7) 0.9 (8) 0.6 (5) 0.8 (10) 0.5 (6) 0.4 (4) 0.9 (11) 0.4 (5) 0.9 (12) 0.5 (6) 0 0 –
M. scrofulaceum 0.9 (4) 0.8 (6) 0.2 (2) 0.6 (5) 0.4 (5) 0 0.7 (8) 0.3 (4) 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0 0.1 (1) 0 –
M. smegmatis 0.2 (1) 0.3 (2) 0.2 (2) 0.1 (1) 0.3 (4) 0.1 (1) 0.4 (4) 1.3 (16) 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. xenopi 0.2 (1) 0 1.5 (13) 0.5 (4) 0.3 (4) 0 0.3 (3) 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. flavescens 0.4 (2) 0 0.5 (4) 0.1 (1) 0.2 (2) 0.3 (3) 0.1 (1) 0.3 (4) 0 0.2 (2) 0 0.1 (1) 0 –
M. phlei 0 0.4 (3) 0.1 (1) 0.2 (2) 0.5 (6) 0.3 (3) 0.1 (1) 0.3 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. szulgai 0.2 (1) 0 0 0 0.2 (3) 0 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1) 0 0 0.1 (1) 0 –
M. vaccae 0.7 (3) 0.3 (2) 0 0 0.1 (1) 0 0.2 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. simiae 0 0 0 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0.2 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. marinum 0 0 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 –
M. neoaurum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 –

*NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; –, not applicable (insufficient data).

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