Prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in a tertiary hospital in Beijing, China, January 2013 to December 2018

• Published in: BMC microbiology Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 158 - 8
• Main Authors: Huang, Jing-jing, Li, Ying-xing, Zhao, Ying, Yang, Wen-hang, Xiao, Meng, Kudinha, Timothy, Xu, Ying-chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.06.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; China - epidemiology; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Disease; DNA; DNA chips; DNA microarrays; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; Female; Gene chip; Geographical distribution; Hospitals; Humans; Identification; Infections; Lymph nodes; Lymph Nodes - microbiology; Lymphatic system; Male; Middle Aged; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium chelonae; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - diagnosis; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - epidemiology; Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - microbiology; Mycobacterium intracellulare; Nontuberculous mycobacteria; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - classification; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - genetics; Nontuberculous Mycobacteria - isolation & purification; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis - methods; Patients; Prevalence; Respiratory System - microbiology; Respiratory tract; Retrospective Studies; Species; Suppuration - microbiology; Tertiary Care Centers; Tuberculosis; China; Beijing China; Mycobacterium; Identification; Gene chip; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

To investigate the species distribution of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) among tuberculosis (TB) specimens collected from January 2013 to December 2018 at Peking Union Medical Hospital (Beijing), China. NTM species identification was carried out by DNA microarray chip. Mycobacterial species wer...