Table 3. Etiologic species of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in South Korea.
| Koh et al. (2006)63 | Park et al. (2010)53 | Lee et al. (2012)54 | Jang et al. (2014)64 | Lee et al. (2014)58 | Kim et al. (2014)65 | Yoon et al. (2017)60 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study period | 2002–2003 | 2002–2008 | 2006–2010 | 2012 | 2010–2013 | 2007–2011 | 2011–2016 |
| No. of patients | 195 | 651 | 345 | 111 | 245 | 90 | 64 |
| Mycobacterium avium complex | 94 (48) | NA (63) | 263 (76) | 73 (66) | 132 (54) | 61 (68) | 29 (45) |
| M. avium | 38 | NA | 141 | 32 | 39 | 42 | 13 |
| M. intracellulare | 56 | NA | 122 | 41 | 93 | 19 | 16 |
| M. abscessus complex | 64 (33) | NA (27) | 63 (18) | 32 (29) | 22 (9) | 15 (17) | 27 (42) |
| M. abscessus | NA | NA | NA | 21 | NA | 11 | NA |
| M. massiliense | NA | NA | NA | 11 | NA | 4 | NA |
| M. kansasii | 7 (4) | NA | 7 (2) | 1 (1) | 80 (33) | 1 (1) | 4 (6) |
| Others | 30 (15) | NA (10) | 12 (3) | 5 (5) | 11 (4) | 13 (14) | 4 (6) |
Values are presented as number (%).
NA: not available.