Table 1 Non-tuberculous mycobacteria reports and rates by species, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 1995, 2000, 2006
From: Increasing reports of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 1995-2006
| Â | 1995 | 2000 | 2006 | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Species | Â | Total number (1995-2006) | |||||
| Â | Number | Rate per 100,000 | Number | Rate per 100,000 | Number | Rate per 100,000 | Â |
M. avium-intracellulare | 225 | 0.4 | 360 | 0.7 | 649 | 1.2 | 4732 |
M. malmoense | 101 | 0.2 | 145 | 0.3 | 130 | 0.2 | 1510 |
M. kansasii | 71 | 0.1 | 129 | 0.2 | 152 | 0.3 | 1380 |
M. xenopi | 33 | 0.1 | 50 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.2 | 827 |
M. chelonae | 5 | 0.0 | 42 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.2 | 708 |
M. fortuitum | 6 | 0.0 | 27 | 0.1 | 90 | 0.2 | 518 |
M. gordonae | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 0.0 | 153 | 0.3 | 516 |
M. marinum | 14 | 0.0 | 27 | 0.1 | 27 | 0.0 | 274 |
M. abscessus | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 60 | 0.1 | 172 |
M. peregrinum | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 0.1 | 69 |
M. terrae | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 33 |
M. szulgai | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 30 |
M. fortuitum/chelonae group | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.0 | 23 |
M. scrofulaceum | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 15 |
M. flavescens | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 |
Unnamed species | 2 | 0.0 | 5 | 0.0 | 73 | 0.1 | 231 |
Total | 459 | 0.9 | 801 | 1.5 | 1608 | 2.9 | 11039 |