The Incidence of Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Infants in Kenya

Table 4

Pediatric NTM studies in Africa between years 2000 and 2018.

Authors, Country, Year of Publication	Study Type	Study Population	NTM proportion of Presumptive TB	Most frequently isolated NTM	Clinical Relevance	MTBC-NTM co-infection	Proportion of participants with TB	National/local TB prevalence per 100,; 000 at time of study
Present Study (Kenya)	Prospective Cohort Study	<2 years	2.6%	M. fortuitum (32%)	Colonisation	2/19	1.5%	600 [16]
Asiimwe B, Uganda 2013 [14]	Prospective Cohort Study	<1 year	3.7%	M. fortuitum (64%)	Not specified	0	Not specified	193 [17]
Hatherill M, South Africa 2006 [13]	Prospective Cohort Study	<2 years	6%	M. intracellulare (41%)	7/109-NTM disease	5/109	11%	960 [18]
Lopez-Varela E, Mozambique; 2017 [15]	Prospective Cohort Study	<2 years	26%	M. intracellulare (68%)	Colonisation	0	>1.4%	>544 [19]
Workalemahu B,; Ethiopia; 2013 [20]	Cross sectional Hospital Survey	<15 years	9.9%	M. fortuitum (29%)	Not specified	0	15%	237 [20]

Based on authors’ description of suggestive clinical and radiological features.