Geographic Distribution of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Species Identified among Clinical Isolates in the United States, 2009-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Nontuberculous mycobacteria are an important cause of morbidity in the United States, although patient outcomes vary greatly by species. Currently, nationally representative data on the distribution of mycobacterial species from clinical isolates are limited.

Objectives

Using a national hospitalization database capturing microbiologic data for nearly 6 million patient encounters, we describe the geographic distribution of, and patient demographic features associated with, clinical mycobacterial isolates in the United States.

Methods

Linked demographic and microbiologic data from the Premier Healthcare Database were extracted for all patient encounters from 2009 to 2013. Patients with at least one positive potentially pathogenic nontuberculous mycobacterial c

SUBMITTER: Spaulding AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5711271 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature