Increasing Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2008

To assess the species distribution and epidemiologic trends of nontuberculous mycobacteria, we examined isolates from patients in Taiwan. During 2000–2008, the proportion increased significantly from 32.3% to 49.8%. Associated disease incidence increased from 2.7 to 10.2 cases per 100,000 patients....

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Autores principales: Lai, Chih-Cheng, Tan, Che-Kim, Chou, Chien-Hong, Hsu, Hsiao-Leng, Liao, Chun-Hsing, Huang, Yu-Tsung, Yang, Pan-Chyr, Luh, Kwen-Tay, Hsueh, Po-Ren
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20113563
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1602.090675
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author Lai, Chih-Cheng
Tan, Che-Kim
Chou, Chien-Hong
Hsu, Hsiao-Leng
Liao, Chun-Hsing
Huang, Yu-Tsung
Yang, Pan-Chyr
Luh, Kwen-Tay
Hsueh, Po-Ren
author_facet Lai, Chih-Cheng
Tan, Che-Kim
Chou, Chien-Hong
Hsu, Hsiao-Leng
Liao, Chun-Hsing
Huang, Yu-Tsung
Yang, Pan-Chyr
Luh, Kwen-Tay
Hsueh, Po-Ren
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description To assess the species distribution and epidemiologic trends of nontuberculous mycobacteria, we examined isolates from patients in Taiwan. During 2000–2008, the proportion increased significantly from 32.3% to 49.8%. Associated disease incidence increased from 2.7 to 10.2 cases per 100,000 patients. Mycobacterium avium complex and M. abscessus were most frequently isolated.
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spelling pubmed-29580022010-11-01 Increasing Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2008 Lai, Chih-Cheng Tan, Che-Kim Chou, Chien-Hong Hsu, Hsiao-Leng Liao, Chun-Hsing Huang, Yu-Tsung Yang, Pan-Chyr Luh, Kwen-Tay Hsueh, Po-Ren Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To assess the species distribution and epidemiologic trends of nontuberculous mycobacteria, we examined isolates from patients in Taiwan. During 2000–2008, the proportion increased significantly from 32.3% to 49.8%. Associated disease incidence increased from 2.7 to 10.2 cases per 100,000 patients. Mycobacterium avium complex and M. abscessus were most frequently isolated. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-02 /pmc/articles/PMC2958002/ /pubmed/20113563 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1602.090675 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Lai, Chih-Cheng
Tan, Che-Kim
Chou, Chien-Hong
Hsu, Hsiao-Leng
Liao, Chun-Hsing
Huang, Yu-Tsung
Yang, Pan-Chyr
Luh, Kwen-Tay
Hsueh, Po-Ren
Increasing Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2008
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title_full Increasing Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2008
title_fullStr Increasing Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2008
title_full_unstemmed Increasing Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2008
title_short Increasing Incidence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2008
title_sort increasing incidence of nontuberculous mycobacteria, taiwan, 2000–2008
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2958002/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1602.090675
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