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. 2013 Nov;19(11):1889-91.
doi: 10.3201/eid1911.130737.

Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease, Ontario, Canada, 1998-2010

Theodore K Marras, David Mendelson, Alex Marchand-Austin, Kevin May, Frances B Jamieson

Pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease, Ontario, Canada, 1998-2010

Theodore K Marras et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Nov.

Abstract

We measured the prevalence and temporal trends of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease among residents of Ontario, Canada, during 1998-2010. Five-year prevalence increased from 29.3 cases/100,000 persons in 1998-2002 to 41.3/100,000 in 2006-2010 (p<0.0001). Improved laboratory methods did not explain this increase, suggesting a surge in disease prevalence.

Keywords: Canada; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex; Ontario; atypical Mycobacterium; atypical mycobacteria; bacteria; epidemiology; mycobacterium intracellulare; nontuberculous Mycobacterium; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria.

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Annual isolation prevalence and disease prevalence per 100,000 persons of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria, Ontario, Canada, 1998–2010.
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