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Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018
Research

Increasing Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Respiratory Specimens from US-Affiliated Pacific Island Jurisdictions1

Chunrong Lin2Comments to Author , Chad Russell, Bruce Soll, Dominic Chow, Sapna Bamrah, Richard Brostrom, Wesley Kim, Jerry Scott, and Matthew J. Bankowski3
Author affiliations: University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (C. Lin, C. Russell, B. Soll, D. Chow, W. Kim, J. Scott, M.J. Bankowski); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (S. Bamrah, R. Brostrom); Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., Aiea, Hawaii, USA (W. Kim, M.J. Bankowski); Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu (W. Kim, M.J. Bankowski)

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Table 2

Age- and site-adjusted relative rates of positive cultures by year, US-affiliated Pacific Islands, August 2007–December 2011

Bacteria and year No. patients screened Positive cultures, % Adjusted relative rates (95% CI)* p value
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
2007† 595 0.53 1 (referent)
2008 996 3.31 7.53 (3.20–17.71) <0.001
2009 1,224 5.99 14.22 (6.24–32.36) <0.001
2010 1,556 6.37 19.48 (8.62–44.05) <0.001
2011 1,436 11.32 29.04 (12.89–65.41) <0.001
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
2007† 595 11.54 1 (referent)
2008 996 13.71 1.40 (1.15–1.69) 0.001
2009 1,224 12.41 1.14 (0.95–1.36) 0.17
2010 1,556 12.36 1.05 (0.88–1.25) 0.60
2011 1,436 11.67 1.07 (0.89–1.28) 0.45

*Adjusted for age and geographic sites.
†August–December 2007.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the 2013 American College of Physicians Hawaii Chapter Annual Meeting, January 2, 2013, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

2Current affiliation: Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

3Current affiliation: Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

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