The Rise in Prevalence and Related Costs of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases in South Korea, 2010-2021

Joong-Yub Kim; Nakwon Kwak; Jae-Joon Yim

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac649

The Rise in Prevalence and Related Costs of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases in South Korea, 2010-2021

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 1;9(12):ofac649. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac649. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Joong-Yub Kim¹, Nakwon Kwak¹, Jae-Joon Yim¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Between 2010 and 2021, the annual prevalence of nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) diseases in South Korea increased from 11.4 to 56.7 cases per 100 000 population. Prevalence in the population aged ≥65 years quadrupled from 41.9 to 163.1 cases per 100 000 population. Accordingly, the overall cost associated with NTM diseases increased.

Keywords: Mycobacterium abscessus; Mycobacterium avium; epidemiology; expenditure; prevalence.