The geographic diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria isolated from pulmonary samples: an NTM-NET collaborative study

A significant knowledge gap exists concerning the geographical distribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolation worldwide. To provide a snapshot of NTM species distribution, global partners in the NTM-Network European Trials Group (NET) framework (www.ntm-net.org), a branch of the Tuberculosis Network European Trials Group (TB-NET), provided identification results of the total number of patients in 2008 in whom NTM were isolated from pulmonary samples. From these data, we visualised the relative distribution of the different NTM found per continent and per country. We received species identification data for 20 182 patients, from 62 laboratories in 30 countries across six continents. 91 different…

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  Sveučilište u Zagrebu
• NJ
  National Jewish Health
• OM
  Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• TC
  Trinity College Dublin
• RU
  Radboud Universiteit
• BF
  Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

  Awards: BMBF 01 EO 0803, 01 EO 0803
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  Sungkyunkwan University
• UO
  University of Toronto
• KI
  Karolinska Institutet
• NT
  National Taiwan University Hospital
• UW
  Uniwersytet Warszawski
• NT
  National Taiwan University
• MF
  Medicinski Fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
• CH
  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes
• NH
  National Health Laboratory Service
• S
  Samsung
• SS
  Statens Serum Institut
• NI
  Norwegian Institute of Public Health