J Korean Med Sci.  2018 Feb;33(8):e65. 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e65.

Changing Epidemiology of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Diseases in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Korea between 2001 and 2015

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. wjkoh@skku.edu
  • 2Statistics and Data Center, Research Institute for Future Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

This study investigated the changes in the major etiologic organisms and clinical phenotypes of nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease (NTM-LD) over a recent 15-year period in Korea. The increase of number of patients with NTM-LD was primarily due to an increase of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease (LD). Among MAC cases, the proportion of M. avium increased compared with M. intracellulare, whereas the incidence of M. abscessus complex and M. kansasii LD remained relatively stable. The proportion of cases of the nodular bronchiectatic form increased compared with the fibrocavitary form of NTM-LD.

Keyword

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; Mycobacterium avium Complex; Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium kansasii; Epidemiology; Republic of Korea

MeSH Terms

Epidemiology*
Humans
Incidence
Korea*
Lung Diseases*
Lung*
Mycobacterium avium Complex
Mycobacterium kansasii
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Phenotype
Republic of Korea
Tertiary Care Centers*
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