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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8(20), p. 1382-1385, 2014

DOI: 10.3201/eid2008.131673

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Pulmonary Infection and Colonization with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Taiwan, 2000–2012

Journal article published in 2014 by Jung-Yien Chien, Chih-Cheng Lai, Wang-Huei Sheng, Chong-Jen Yu, Po-Ren Hsueh ORCID
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Abstract

We analyzed samples from 13,652 patients who had respiratory cultures positive for mycobacteria in Taiwan during 2000–2012 and found that 56.9% were positive for nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). Whereas annual prevalence of tuberculosis decreased during the study period, prevalence of NTM disease and colonization increased, particularly among older patients and male patients.