Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Ontario, Canada, 2020
Theodore K. Marras, Paul E. Nelson, Adriana Peci, Melissa Richard‐Greenblatt, Sarah K. Brode, Ashleigh Sullivan, Frances Jamieson, Julianne V. Kus
Abstract
We measured annual prevalence of microbiologically defined nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease in Ontario, Canada. Mycobacterium avium prevalence was 13 cases/100,000 persons in 2020, a 2.5-fold increase from 2010, indicating a large increase in true M. avium lung disease. During the same period, M. xenopi decreased nearly 50%, to 0.84 cases/100,000 persons.
Topics & Concepts
Nontuberculous mycobacteriaMycobacterium avium complexLung diseaseMedicineMycobacteriumPulmonary diseaseMycobacterium avium-intracellulare infectionMicrobiologyLungInternal medicineTuberculosisBiologyPathologyMycobacterium research and diagnosisInfectious Diseases and MycologyTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology