Volume 5, Number 3—June 1999
Synopsis
Emergence of a Unique Group of Necrotizing Mycobacterial Diseases
Karen M. Dobos*†, Frederick D. Quinn†, David A. Ashford†, C. Robert Horsburgh*, and C. Harold King*
Table 2
Laboratory-confirmed cases of Mycobacterium haemophilum in the five regions of the United States (9 states reporting), by year, 1993–1996a
| No. cases (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
| Northeast | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southeast | 11 (79) | 0 | 0 | 2 (50) |
| North central | 1 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South central | 0 | 1 (25) | 0 | 0 |
| Mountain | 2 (14) | 3 (75) | 3 (100) | 2 (50) |
| Pacific | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
aThese data are reported as part of the passive laboratory based surveillance system using the Public Health Laboratory Information System software developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Association of State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors.
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