Longitudinal non-cystic fibrosis trends of pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus disease from 2010 to 2017: spread of the "globally successful clone" in Asia.

The dominance of ST1 particularly in the last 2 years of this study appears to be declining, while ST23, reported in outbreaks among CF and post-surgical cohorts across the Americas and Europe, alongside the closely related ST48, is present among non-CF populations in Taiwan. These trends need to be confirmed with further ongoing studies to track the molecular epidemiology of clinical MAB isolates worldwide.