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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Intern Med. 2014 Mar 29;25(4):356–363. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.03.008

Table 2.

Major studies reporting the prevalence of NTM pulmonary disease

Lead author Year Country Prevalence*
Marras[4] 1999–2000 USA 16.6
Winthrop[27] 2005–2006 USA 8.6
Winthrop[60] 2000–2008 USA 4.1
Prevots[23] 2004–2006 USA 5.5
Moore[26] 1995–2006 England, Wales, and Northern Ireland 2.9
Lai[29] 2000–2008 Taiwan 7.9
Thomson[28] 1999–2005 Australia 3.3
*

Nontuberculous mycobacteria infection prevalence rate per 100.000 population