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)