The epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in the Netherlands
Background Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are emerging opportunistic pathogens of humans. Because NTM pulmonary disease (PD) is not a notifiable disease in Europe, the epidemiology of NTM-PD is not well known. However, the prevalence of NTM-PD is thought to be increasing, particularly in countries where tuberculosis rates have decreased. Here we aim to determine the prevalence of NTM-PD in the Netherlands. Methods Annual prevalence estimates of NTM-PD in the Netherlands (2012–2019) were derived from four separate databases, including two drug dispensing databases, an ICD-10 code database an... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | ERJ Open Research, Vol 7, Iss 3 (2021) |
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European Respiratory Society
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Schlagwörter: | Medicine / R |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29171394 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00207-2021 |