Table. Comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria isolates, Botswana, 2011–2014*.
Year | Total no. samples analyzed |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Nontuberculous mycobacteria |
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No. (%) isolates | Incidence | No. (%) isolates | Incidence | |||
2011 | 11,799 | 228 (1.9) | 9.9 | 113 (0.96) | 4.9 | |
2012 | 6,357 | 526 (8.3) | 22.9 | 370 (5.8) | 16 | |
2013 | 9,429 | 681 (7.2) | 29.7 | 823 (8.7) | 35.9 | |
2014 | 8,657 | 594 (6.9) | 25.9 | 693 (8.0) | 30 |
*Per capita calculated on the basis of total country population. Incidence is per 100,000 population.