[Epidemiologic and microbiologic aspects of mycobacteriosis in Slovakia--M. xenopi]

The first mycobacterioses caused by M. xenopi in Slovakia were discovered in the year 1979. Gradually they became the most often occurring mycobacterioses caused by facultative pathogenic mycobacteria. The purpose of investigation is to describe epidemiological situation of diseases caused by M. xenopi in Slovakia and to confront it with the situation in chosen developed countries. The methodology of this paper is based upon surveillance of tuberculosis as applied on mycobacterioses. During the period of last 10 years 960 isolations of M. xenopi from 622 persons were registered in Slovakia. Pulmonary mycobacterioses caused by M. xenopi was discovered in 58 persons until the end of the year 1966, 48 of them are men and 10 are women. The most often transmission factor is water in water supply mainly in city-habitation and hospital environment. The occurrence has endemic character. (Ref. 31.)