Species diversity of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans, livestock and wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

Katale, Bugwesa Z; Mbugi, Erasto V; Botha, Louise; Keyyu, Julius D; Kendall, Sharon; Dockrell, Hazel M; Michel, Anita L; Kazwala, Rudovick R; Rweyemamu, Mark M; van Helden, Paul; Matee, Mecky I

doi:10.1186/s12879-014-0616-y

Table 2 Comparison of species diversity of NTM in Tanzania with other Sub-Saharan African countries

From: Species diversity of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated from humans, livestock and wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

NTM spp	Culture source	Host/source	Country	Reference
M .lentiflavum	Sputum, animals tissues	Human, animals	Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia	Muyoyeta et al. [20], Asiimwe et al. [14], Mijele et al. [21], Buijtels et al. [22], Buijtels et al. [23], Panagiotou et al. [24]
M .simiae	Water, soil	Animals, environment	Uganda, South Africa	Kankya et al. [25], Gcebe et al. [26]
M. chelonae	Sputum, animal tissues	Human, animals	Zambia, Uganda	Panagiotou et al. [24], Muwonge et al. [27]
M. confluentis	Soil, animal tissues, sputum	Animals, environment, human	South Africa, Ethiopia	Gcebe et al. [26], Workalemahu et al. [28]
M. fortuitum	Sputum, soil, water, faecal, animal tissues	Human, environment, animals	Zambia, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia	Muyoyeta et al. [20], Kankya et al. [25], Nyamogoba et al. [29], Berge et al. [30], Workalemahu et l. [28], Buijtels et al. [23], Panagiotou et al. [24], Muwonge et al. [27]
M. genavanse	*	*	*	*
M. gilvum	Sputum	Human	Zambia	Buijtels et al. [23]
M. gordonae	Sputum, water, soil, animal tissues	Animals, Human, environment	Zambia, Uganda, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia	Muyoyeta et al. [20], Kankya et al. [25], Asiimwe et al. [14], Gcebe et al. [26], Mijele et al. [21], Berge et al. [30], Amen et al. [31], Buijtels et al. [23], Panagiotou et al. [24], Muwonge et al. [27]
M. intermedium	Soil, water	Animals, environment	South Africa	Gcebe et al. [26]
M. intracellulare	Water, soil, sputum, animal tissues	Human, environment, animals	Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Zambia	Kankya et al. [25], Asiimwe et al. [14], Nyamogoba et al. [29], Mijele et al. [21], Berge et al. [30], Buijtels et al. [32], Buijtels et al. [23], Panagiotou et al. [24]
M. neoaurum	Animal tissues	Animals	Uganda	Muwonge et al. [27]
M. nonchromogenicum	Water, soil, animal tissues, swabs	Animals, environment	Uganda, South Africa, Ethiopia	Kankya et al. [25], Gcebe et al. [26], Berge et al. [30]
M. poriferae	*	*	*	*
M. spaghni	*	*	*	*
M. terrae	Water, animal tissues, soil, sputum	Animals, environment, human	South Africa, Ethiopia, Zambia, Uganda	Kankya et al. [25], Gcebe et al. [26], Workalemahu et al. [28], Buijtels et al. [23], Muwonge et al. [27]
M. thermoresistibile	Soil	Environment	South Africa	Gcebe et al. [26]

*No report is available from other countries.

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