Table 2. Species identification among notified tuberculosis cases infected with nontuberculous mycobacterium, Taipei City, Taiwan, 2007–2010.
| Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
| N (col %) | N (col %) | N (col %) | N (col %) | N (col %) | |
| Total | 500(100.0%) | 135(100.0%) | 141(100.0%) | 138(100.0%) | 86(100.0%) |
| M. avium complex | 162(32.4%) | 44(32.6%) | 50(35.5%) | 38(27.5%) | 30(34.9%) |
| Rapidly growing | 226(45.2%) | 56(41.5%) | 66(46.8%) | 69(50.0%) | 35(40.7%) |
| M. abscessus complex | 46(9.2%) | 3(2.2%) | 16(11.4%) | 20(14.5%) | 7(8.1%) |
| M. chelonae complex | 88(17.6%) | 28(20.7%) | 19(13.5%) | 22(15.9%) | 19(22.1%) |
| M. fortuitum complex | 85(17.0%) | 21(15.6%) | 30(21.3%) | 26(18.8%) | 8(9.3%) |
| Other Rapid growers* | 7(1.4%) | 4(3.0%) | 1(0.7%) | 1(0.7%) | 1(1.2%) |
| M. kansasii | 49(9.8%) | 12(8.9%) | 9(6.4%) | 19(13.8%) | 9(10.5%) |
| M. gordonae | 35(7.0%) | 14(10.4%) | 7(5.0%) | 7(5.1%) | 7(8.1%) |
| Others † | 28(5.6%) | 9(6.7%) | 9(6.4%) | 5(3.6%) | 5(5.8%) |
*Other rapidly growing: M. flavescens, 1; M. mageritense, 1; M. neoaurum, 1; species identification not performed, 4.
†Others: M. marinum, 3; M. nonchromogenicum, 6; M. scrofulaceum, 2; M. terrae, 13; M. xenopi, 4.