Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital, Brighton, UK.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jul;19(7):1128-30. doi: 10.3201/eid/1907.120615.
Incidence of pulmonary infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing among persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). We assessed prevalence and management in CF centers in the United Kingdom and found 5.0% of 3,805 adults and 3.3% of 3,317 children had recently been diagnosed with NTM. Of those, 44% of adults and 47% of children received treatment.
非结核分枝杆菌(NTM)肺部感染在囊性纤维化(CF)患者中的发病率正在上升。我们评估了英国 CF 中心的患病率和管理情况,发现 3805 名成年人中有 5.0%和 3317 名儿童中有 3.3%最近被诊断患有 NTM。其中,44%的成年人和 47%的儿童接受了治疗。