Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
Dispatch
Species Distribution and Isolation Frequency of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Uruguay
Table 2
Nontuberculous mycobacteria species isolated in Uruguay, 2006–2018*
Species |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
Total |
% Total |
Mycobacterium intracellulare | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 86 | 33.7 |
M. avium | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 61 | 23.9 |
M. kansasii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8.2 |
M. gordonae | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5.9 |
M. peregrinum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4.7 |
M. chelonae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3.1 |
M. fortuitum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 3.1 |
NTM, no species determinant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2.0 |
M. genavense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.6 |
M. avium MTBC† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.2 |
M. intracellulare MTBC† | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.2 |
M. lentiflavum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.6 |
M. scrofulaceum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1.6 |
M. simiae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.2 |
M. abscessus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1.2 |
M. heckeshornense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 |
M. xenopi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 |
Other species‡ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
11 |
4.3 |
Total |
12 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
15 |
12 |
14 |
19 |
26 |
33 |
27 |
28 |
53 |
255 |
100.0 |
*MTBC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacterium. †Mixed infections. ‡Other species included 1 isolate each of M. arupense, M. asiaticum, M. koreense, M. shimodei, M. interjectum, M. marinum and M. malmoense, and mixed infections of M. avium–M. intracellulare, M. gordonae–M. chelonae, M. intracellulare, M. fortuitum, M. intracellulare-MTBC. |