• Future microbiology · Jan 2015

    Distribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria in treated patients with pulmonary disease in Greece - relation to microbiological data.

    • Katerina Manika, Stamatoula Tsikrika, Emilia Tsaroucha, Simona Karabela, Iris Karachaliou, Ioulia Bosmi, Ioannis Kioumis, and Apostolos Papavasileiou.
    • Tuberculosis Department, 'Sotiria' Chest Diseases Hospital, Athens, Greece.
    • Future Microbiol. 2015 Jan 1; 10 (8): 1301-6.

    AimsThe aim was to assess the distribution of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in treated patients with pulmonary disease (PD) in Greece.Patients & MethodsPatients treated for NTM PD at the two largest chest diseases hospitals in Greece, in the period 1990-2013 were investigated. For the years 2005-2013 data on NTM isolation frequency were recorded.ResultsM. avium complex (MAC) was the predominant cause of NTM PD disease followed by M. kansasii and rapid growing mycobacteria (RGM). The pathogenicity of RGM was significantly lower than this of MAC and M. kansasii. An increase was observed in the percentage of isolated NTM species that were considered clinically significant over the study period.ConclusionsThe increasing number of NTM PD in Greece is a consequence of their isolation being more frequently considered as clinically relevant.

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