Research Article
The Epidemiology of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Data from a General Hospital in Athens, Greece, 2007–2013
Table 2
NTM isolates from all sites.
| | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total number (% of total) |
| Rapidly growing NTM | | | | | | | | | M. fortuitum | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 (12.2) | M. peregrinum | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4.9) | M. chelonae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (2.4) | M. abscessus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 (1.6) | M. smegmatis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1.6) | M. mucogenicum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | M. fortuitum mageritense | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | Slowly growing NTM | | | | | | | | | M. gordonae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 (13.9) | M. avium | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 (13.1) | M. intracellulare | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 (9.8) | M. lentiflavum | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 (4.9) | M. xenopi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2.4) | M. scrofulaceum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.8) | Unidentified NTM | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 37 (30.3) | Total per year | 26 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 122 (100.0) |
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