Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolation from Clinical and Environmental Samples in Iran: Twenty Years of Surveillance

Table 4

Species distribution of environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated in articles reported from Iran.

Species	Isfahan (2012-2013)	West Azerbaijan (2010)	Golestan (2006)	Gilan (1992)	Tehran (2013-2014)	Total
M.  fortuitum	20	21	35	7	10	93
M.  flavescens	1	10	33			44
M.  chelonae	5	6	27			38
M.  thermoresistable		4	20			24
M.  terrae	2		8	11		21
M.  phlei	1		14			15
M.  pregrinum		11			3	14
M.  mucogenicum	5	6			2	13
M.  gordonae	7		4			11
M.  triviale			10			10
M.  senegalense					9	9
M.  xenopi	1			7		8
M.  avium	1			6		7
M.  abscessus	2	3			1	6
M.  smegmatis	4	2				6
M.  parafortuitum					5	5
M.  fallax	1		4			5
M.   conceptionence	1				3	4
M.  gastri			3			3
M.  kansasii			1	2		3
M.  neoaurum		2				2
M.  marinum			2			2
M.  aurum					1	1
M.  poriferae					1	1
M.  obuense					1	1
Unidentified SGM					157	157