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. 2024 Jul 30;10(15):e35311. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35311

Table 2.

Overview of studies on non-tuberculous mycobacteria in China.


Province
Study period NTM isolation rate (%) Predominant species Age ratio of NTM-PD patients Complications of NTM- PD patients Clinical symptoms of NTM-PD patients Ref.
Beijing (north region) 2019 6.5 M. intracellulare (24.69 %)
M. abscessus (24.69 %)
M. kansasii (19.75 %)
0–40:32.10 %
40–60:13.58 %
≥60:54.32 %
NA NA [40]
Tianjin (north region) 2018~2019 NA M. intracellulare (29.08 %)
M. chelonae/abscessus (26.60 %)
M. kansasii (23.41 %)
15–40:26.60 %
40–60:29.79 %
≥60:43.62 %
NA NA [41]
Jilin (north region) 2017~2018 2.68 M. intracellulare (40.59 %)
M. kansasii (26.73 %)
M. avium (4.95 %)
≤40:5.94 %
40–60:21.78 %
≥60:72.28 %
NA NA [42]
Liaoning (north region) 2016~2021 3.95 M. intracellulare (55.91 %)
M. abscessus (25.20 %)
M. kansasii (8.66 %)
NA TB:4.85 %
COPD:4.85 %
Diabetes:10.68 %
Cancer:5.83 %
NA [43]
Shandong (north region) 2015~2019 11.6 M. intracellulare (69.77 %)
M. kansasii (12.71 %)
M. abscessus (9.89 %)
<45:15.25 %
45–60:35.88 %
60–90:48.87 %
NA NA [44]
Henan (north region) 2018~2020 3.93 M. intracellulare (74.93 %)
M. kansasii (9.37 %)
M. abscessus (5.79 %)
<50:22.87 %
≥50:77.13 %
NA NA [45]
Shaanxi (north region) 2019~2021 3.5 M. intracellulare (36.7 %)
M. chelonae/abscessus (26.6 %)
M. kansasii (25.0 %)
14–39:32.58 %
40–65:44.94 %
>65:19.10 %
NA Cough/Expectoration:82.56 %
Hemoptysis:27.91 %
Fever:36.05 %
Asthma:48.84 %
[46]
Gansu (north region) 2012~2014 4.91 M. intracellulare (72.09 %)
M. kansasii (6.97 %)
NA NA NA [47]
Xinjiang (north region) 2009~2011 4.98 M. avium/intracellulare (43.72 %)
M. chelonae/abscessus (13.12 %)
NA NA NA [48]
Chongqing (south region) 2016~2017 NA M. abscessus (38.75 %)
M. intracellulare (31.25 %)
M. fortuitum (17.50 %)
<30:23.18 %
30–40:10.53 %
40–50:22.11 %
50–60:15.79 %
60–80:25.28 %
NA NA [49]
Sichuan (south region) 2016~2021 2.75 M. chelonae/abscessus (31.06 %)
M. avium (26.52 %)
M. intracellulare (26.52 %)
<20:3.4 %
20–40:27.3 %
40–60:40.2 %
≥60:29.3 %
AIDS:14.8 %
Bronchiectasis:18.2 %
COPD:3.8 %
Diabetes:6.1 %
NA [50]
Hubei (south region) 2016~2020 6.66 M. intracellulare (37.88 %)
M. abscessus (13.63 %)
M. gordonae (5.01 %)
<35:10.22 %
35–54:23.65 %
55–64:24.05 %
>64:42.09 %
Bronchiectasis:11.22 %
COPD:4.21 %
Cancer:1.20 %
AIDS:0.40 %
NA [51]
Anhui (south region) 2021~2022 8.2 M. intracellulare (74.5 %)
M. abscessus (13.6 %)
M. kansasii (7.6 %)
20–39:5.5 %
40–59:36.7 %
≥60:57.8 %
Bronchiectasis:33.76 %
COPD:13.92 %
AIDS: 13.92 %
Cancer:2.53 %
Diabetes:5.06 %
Cough/Expectoration:71.73 %
Hemoptysis:21.94 %
Fever:10.97 %
Asthma:16.88 %
[52]
Jiangsu (south region) 2017~2020 22.3 M. intracellulare (60.7 %)
M. chelonae/abscessus (16.1 %)
M. avium (10.7 %)
NA NA NA [53]
Shanghai (south region) 2017~2018 NA M. intracellulare (54.4 %)
M. abscessus (22.2 %)
M. kansasii (7.8 %)
NA NA Cough:83.58 %
Expectoration:80.60 %
Hemoptysis:25.37 %
Fever:47.76 %
Dyspnea:22.39 %
[54]
Zhejiang (south region) 2009~2014 25.8 M. intracellulare (60.74 %)
M. kansasii (13.33 %)
M. avium (4.44 %)
15–35:16.1 %
35–45:13.6 %
45–55:23.5 %
55–65:19.8 %
≥65:31.5 %
NA NA [55]
Fujian (south region) 2016~2019 6.35 M. intracellulare (65.73 %)
M. chelonae/abscessus (18.78 %)
M. kansasii (4.23 %)
NA NA NA [56]
Jiangxi (south region) 2017~2020 NA M. avium (50 %)
M. intracellulare (21.15 %),
M. chelonae/abscessus (14.23 %)
NA Bronchiectasis:21.15 %
COPD:19.23 %
AIDS: 3.85 %
Cancer:28.85 %
Diabetes:6.73 %
Cough:53.85 %
Expectoration:40.38 %
Hemoptysis:18.27 %
Fever:32.69 %
[57]
Hunan (south region) 2019~2020 8.06 M. abscessus (38.29 %),
M. intracellulare (33.14 %)
M. avium (12.19 %)
NA NA NA [58]
Guizhou (south region) 2012~2013 2.64 M. intracellulare (32.26 %),
M. chelonae/abscessus (29.03 %)
M. avium (25.81 %)
NA NA NA [59]
Yunnan (south region) 2013~2015 1.61 M. intracellulare (44.83 %)
M. abscessus (27.59 %)
M. avium (11.49 %)
<20:1.15 %
20–39:18.39 %
≥40:80.46 %
NA NA [60]
Guangdong (south region) 2018~2019 30.3 M. chelonae/abscessus (41.2 %)
M. avium/intracellulare (40.5 %)
<30: 19.35 %
30–40:10.99 %
40–50:14.09 %
50–60:21.98 %
60–70:24.43 %
>70:12.09 %
NA NA [61]
Hainan (south region) 2016~2021 13.4 M. intracellulare (39.49 %)
M. chelonae/abscessus (32.91 %)
M. avium (7.59 %)
≤40:8.9 %
>40:91.1 %
NA NA [62]
Taiwan (south region) 2000~2012 56.9 M. avium/intracellulare (41.51 %)
M. abscessus (30.81 %)
M. fortuitum (13.36 %)
NA NA NA [63]