TABLE 3.
Mycobacterium abscessus sequence types over consecutive years from 2010 to 2017 in Taiwan.
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
| Total no. of MAB isolates | 35 | 34 | 38 | 35 | 34 | 42 | 42 | 40 |
| ST1 | 28.6 (10) | 26.5 (9) | 23.7 (9) | 22.9 (8) | 23.5 (8) | 23.8 (10) | 11.9 (5) | 22.5 (9) |
| ST23 | 5.7 (2) | 5.9 (2) | 2.6 (1) | 11.4 (4) | 2.9 (1) | 11.9 (5) | 7.1 (3) | 22.5 (9) |
| ST48 | 8.6 (3) | 17.6 (6) | 26.3 (10) | 11.4 (4) | 23.5 (8) | 16.7 (7) | 19.0 (8) | 17.5 (7) |
| ST117 | 22.9 (8) | 14.7 (5) | 15.8 (6) | 14.3 (5) | 11.8 (4) | 16.7 (7) | 16.7 (7) | 5.0 (2) |
| Other STs | 34.3 (12) | 35.3 (12) | 31.6 (12) | 40.0 (14) | 38.2 (13) | 42.8 (18) | 45.2 (19) | 32.5 (13) |
Data are presented as % (n), unless otherwise states. Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and NTUH-HC could not be included in the longitudinal analysis since they did not submit isolates preceding 2016. MAB: Mycobacterium abscessus; ST: sequence type.