Pulmonary Infections with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Catalonia, Spain, 1994–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Santin, Miguel ; Barrabeig, Irene ; Malchair, Pierre ; Gonzalez-Luquero, Lucia ; Benitez, Miguel A. ; Sabria, Josefina ; Palau-Benavent, Merce ; Cañete, Concepcion ; Lloret-Queraltó, Joan A. ; Grijota-Camino, Maria D. ; Dorca, Jordi ; Alcaide, Fernando
• Description:
  In Spain, systematic reporting of pulmonary infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria is not mandatory. Therefore, to determine trends, we retrospectively identified cases for January 1994-December 2014 in Catalonia. Over the 21 years, prevalence increased and was associated with being male. Mycobacterium avium complex and M. abscessus prevalence increased; M. kansasii prevalence decreased.
• Subjects:
  Bacteria Catalonia Dispatch Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Prevalence Pulmonary Infections Pulmonary Infections With Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Catalonia, Spain, 1994–2014 Respiratory Infections Tuberculosis And Other Mycobacteria
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(6):1091-1094.
• Pubmed ID:
  29774836
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6004863
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Spain
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0602ba8d2a04cd3bffc6af8983ba7a2cb2dc7ac198bbb149ead01dcf7ecde9f9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/56331/cdc_56331_DS1.pdf
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