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Disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in a university hospital in Taiwan, 1997–2003

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2006

L. W. DING ,
C. C. LAI ,
L. N. LEE  and
P. R. HSUEH
L. W. DING
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yi-Lan, Taiwan
C. C. LAI
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Lotung Poh-Ai Hospital, Yi-Lan, Taiwan
L. N. LEE
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
P. R. HSUEH
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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Abstract

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From January 1997 to December 2003, all patients with non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolation who were treated at a university hospital in Taiwan were evaluated. Among the 2650 NTM isolates, 1225 (46·2%) were from 412 patients with clinically significant diseases. The annual incidence (per 100000 patients) of disease caused by NTM was 8·96 in 1997, 21·53 in 2002, and 16·55 in 2003. The major types of infections caused by NTM included isolated pulmonary infection and pleurisy (59·5%), skin/soft-tissue infections and osteomyelitis (13·8%), and disseminated diseases (13·3%). The two most common groups of organisms involved were rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) (41·4%) and Mycobacteriumavium complex (MAC) (39%). The most common organism involved in isolated pulmonary infection and pleurisy was MAC (44·1%). RGM predominated in keratitis (94%), skin/soft-tissue infections and osteomyelitis (43·9%), and lymphadenitis (66·7%). This retrospective 7-year study demonstrated an increase in the incidence of NTM disease in a university hospital.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 134 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 1060 - 1067
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2006 Cambridge University Press