Increased incidence of cutaneous nontuberculous mycobacterial infection, 1980 to 2009: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the incidence and clinical characteristics of cutaneous nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection during the past 30 years and whether the predominant species have changed.

Patients and methods

Using Rochester Epidemiology Project data, we identified Olmsted County, Minnesota, residents with cutaneous NTM infections between January 1, 1980, and December 31, 2009, examining the incidence of infection, patient demographic and clinical features, the mycobacterium species, and therapy.

Results

Forty patients (median age, 47 years; 58% female [23 of 40]) had positive NTM cultures plus 1 or more clinical signs. The overall age- and sex-adjusted incidence of cutaneous NTM infection was 1.3 per 100,000 person-years (95% CI, 0.9-1.7 per 100,000 perso

SUBMITTER: Wentworth AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3690780 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature