Table 3.
NTM lung disease by species and region
| North America | ||||||
| Location (dates) | N | Most Common Species | ||||
| New York City, U.S.A. single institution(2000–2004) (80) | 81 | MAC (80%) | M. abscessus /chelonae (13%) | M. fortuitum (8%) | M. xenopi (6%) | M. kansasii (5%) |
| Oregon, U.S.A., state-wide population-based (2005–2006) (34) | 407 | MAC (85%) | M. abscessus /chelonae (4%) | M. xenopi (1%) | M. fortuitum (<1%) | M. goodi (<1%) |
| Toronto, Canada, single institution (2002–2003) (37) | 255 | MAC (69%) | M. xenopi (21%) | RGM (7%) | ||
| Four integrated health care delivery systems, U.S.A., in California, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Washington (1994–2006) (3) | 1,865 | MAC (80%) | M. abscessus /chelonae (12%) | M. fortuitum (6%) | M. kansasii (6%) | M. simiae (3%) |
| Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A., single institution (2001–2009) (38) | 83 | MAC (69%) | M. kansasii (5%) | M. xenopi (5%) | M. abscessus (4%) | M. fortuitum (4%) |
| Ontario, Canada (2010) (8) | 1,294 | MAC (64%) | M. xenopi (23%) | M. abscessus (3%) | M. fortuitum (3%) | |
| Central and South America | ||||||
| Location (dates) | N | Most Common Species | ||||
| Baixada Santista region, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2000–2005) (39) | 125 | M. kansasii (20.8%) | MAC (20%) | M. fortuitum (16%) | ||
| Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil (1996–2005) (40) | 184 | MAC (62.9%) | M. fortuitum (11.4%) | M. gordonae (8.5%) | M. chelonae (5.7%) |
M. kansasii M. abscessus (each 2.9%) |
| Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (2004–2010) (41) | 54 | MAC (48%) M. avium (20.4%) M. intracellu lare (27.8%) |
M. kansasii (13%) | M. gordonae (13%) | M. fortuitum (3.7%) | M. scrofulaceum (3.7%) |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1993–2011) (42) | 127 | MAC (35.4%) | M. kansasii (33.1%) | M. abscessus (18.9%) | M. fortuitum (8.7%) | |
| Para State, Brazil (2010–2011) (43) | 29 | M. massiliense (44.8%) | MAC (20.7%) M. avium (10.3%) M. intracellulare (10.3%) |
M. abscessus (6.9%) |
M. bolletii, M. celatum, M. fortuitum. M. kansasii, M. mariokaense (each 3.4%) |
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| Europe | ||||||
| Location (dates) | N | Most Common Species | ||||
| Southwest Ireland (1987–2000) (44) | 17 | MAC (82%) | M. malmoense (12%) | M. abscessus (6%) | ||
| France, multi-site (2001–2003) (45) | 263 | MAC (48%) | M. xenopi (25%) | M. kansasii (13%) | M. abscessus (9%) | |
| Leeds, UK (1995–1999) (46) | 49 | MAC (45%) | M. malmoense (37%) | M. xenopi (6%) | M. kansasii (6%) | |
| Nijmegen-Arnhem region, Netherlands (1999–2005) (48) | 53 | MAC (49%) M. avium (45%) M. intracellu lare (3.8%) |
M. kansasii (23%) | M. szulgai (7.5%) | M. xenopi (5.6%) | |
| Denmark, nation-wide (1997–2008) (5) | 335 | MAC (57%) | M. malmoense (8.1%) | M. xenopi (7.8%) | M. abscessus (6.9%) | M. gordonae (5.4%) |
| Central Greece (2004–2006) (47) | 16 | M. fortuitum (62.5%) | MAC (25%) | M. malmoense (12.5%) | ||
| Lisbon, Portugal (2008–2009) (81) | 58 | MAC (22.4%) M. avium (6.9%) M. intracellu lare (15.5%) |
M. fortuitum (13.8%) | M. gordonae (12.1%) | M. kansasii (10.3%) | M. chelonae (8.6%) |
| Naples, Italy (2006–2009) (82) | 16 | M. intracellulare (43.8%) | M. kansasii (31.3%) | M. xenopi (12.5%) | M. fortuitum (6.3%) | |
| Crete, Greece (2000–2009) (49) | 38 | MAC (40%) | M. kansasii (26%) | M. abscessus (8%) |
M. fortuitum M. chelonae M. gordonae (each 5%) |
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| London, England, single institution (2000–2007, slowly growing NTM) (83) | 57 | M. kansasii (70%) | MAC (40%) | M. malmoense (9%) | M. xenopi (7%) | |
| Borders Region, Scotland (1992–2010) (50) | 32 | MAC (43.8%) | M. malmoense (12.5%) | M. chelonae (9.4%) | M. gordonae (9.4%) |
M. nonchromog enicum M. terrae M. xenopi (each 6.3%) |
| Croatia, nation-wide (2006–2010) (51) | 167 | M. xenopi (28.1%) | M. gordonae (20.4%) |
MAC (19.8%) M. avium (14.4%) M. intracellula re (5.4%) |
M. fortuitum (11.4%) | |
| Middle East and South Asia | ||||||
| Location (dates) | N | Most Common Species | ||||
| Turkey, single institution (2004–2009) (60) | 31 | MAC 42% M. intracellulare 32% M. avium 10% |
M. abscessus 16% | M. kansasii 16% | ||
| Israel, single institution (2004–2010) (61) | 45 | M. xenopi 29% | M. kansasii 20% | MAC 18% | M. fortuitum 9% | |
| Saudi Arabia, sampling of several institutions (2009–2010) (62) | 49 | M. abscessus 30.6% | M. fortuitum 28.6% | MAC 16.3% M. intracellulare 10.2% M. avium 6.1% |
M. kansasii 8.2% | |
| Oman, sample of NTM lung disease cases from central laboratory (2006–2007) (63) | 7 | MAC 71.4% M. intracellulare 28.6% M. chimaera 28.6% |
M. colombiense 14.3% | M. simiae 14.3% | ||
| India, single institution (2005–2008) (64) | 67 | MAC 34% M. intracellulare 22% M. avium 4.5% |
M. abscessus 22% | M. simiae 22% | M. fortuitum 12% | |
| East Asia | ||||||
| Location (dates) | N | Most Common Species | ||||
| Seoul, South Korea, single institution (2002–2003) (65) | 195 | MAC (48%) M. intracellulare (29%) M. avium (19%) |
M. abscessus (33%) | M. fortuitum (11%) | M. kansasii (4%) | |
| Seoul, South Korea, single institution (2002–2008) (84) | 651 | MAC 62.9% | M. abscessus (26.7%) | M. abscessus (26.7%) | ||
| Seoul, South Korea, single institution (2006–2010) (85) | 345 | MAC (76.2%) M. avium (40.9%) M. intracellulare (35.4%) |
M. abscessus (18.2%) | M. fortuitum (2.3%) | M. kansasii (2.0%) | |
| Kaohsiung City, Southern Taiwan, single institution (2004–2005) (72) | 67 | M. abscessus (44.8%) | M. fortuitum (23.9%) | MAC (14.9%) | M. kansasii (13.4%) | |
| Taipei City, Northern Taiwan, single institution (2007–2009) (74)* | 252 | MAC 39.7% | M. chelonae-abscessus 30.2% | M. kansasii 11.1% | M. fortuitum 9.5% | |
| Australia | ||||||
| Location (dates) | N | Most Common Species | ||||
| Australia, national (2000) (77) | 107 | MAC (67.3%) | M. kansasii (19.6%) | M. abscessus (6.5%) | ||
| Queensland, Australia, state-wide (1999–2005) (2) | 130 | MAC (73.8%) M. intracellulare (60%) M. avium (13.8%) |
M. kansasii (7.7%) | M. abscessus (5.4%) | ||
| New Zealand, national (2004) (78) | 47 | MAC (83%) | M. abscessus (9%) | |||
MAC – Mycobacterium avium complex
RGM – rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterial species
*
Included only patients whose radiographic disease pattern could be classified as cavitary, bronochiectatic, or consolidative