title: [Distribution of non-tuberculous mycobacteria isolated and reported in a region of La Havana City and other western provinces from 1976 to 1982].
abstract: The results of a study on the isolation and identification of non-tuberculous mycobacterial strains in a Havana City area and in other three western provinces are reported. The isolate for identification of non-tuberculous mycobacteria was more frequent in the provinces of Pinar del Rio, Havana, and Havana City than in Matanzas. The Runyon group most frequently found was number III, and the least frequent group I. The most frequent species belongs to the M. avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum complex and M. fortuitum comes second. It was considered of interest to complete the study of the distribution of these mycobacteria in the rest of the country.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: González Ochoa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Armas Pérez
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: García Martínez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrá Salazar
mesh_terms: D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*
vernacular_title: Distribución de las micobacterias no tuberculosas aisladas y notificadas en una región de la Ciudad de La Habana y otras provincias occidentales entre los años 1976 y 1982.