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Incidence and clinical significance of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among migrants in Denmark: A nationwide register-based cohort study from 1991 through 2021
- Source :
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Vol 61, Iss , Pp 102736- (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2024.
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Abstract
- Background: There is limited knowledge about non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in migrants. We aimed to assess the incidence and clinical significance of NTM among migrants in Denmark. Method: Nationwide register-based cohort study of migrants with a positive NTM culture in Denmark from 1991 through 2021, stratified by patient demographics, disease localisation, species, and clinical significance. Results: 433 migrants had a positive NTM culture, resulting in an overall incidence rate (IR) of 3.7 (95%CI 3.3–4.0) per 100,000 migrants. Overall NTM IRs for definite disease were 1.0 (95%CI 0.9–1.2), possible disease 1.0 (95%CI 0.8–1.2), and isolation 1.7 (95%CI 1.4–1.9) per 100,000 migrants. Migrants had considerably higher age- and sex-adjusted NTM IRs of positive cultures (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 2.1, 95%CI 1.9–2.3, p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18730442
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 102736-
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.6c2c728711fa42bc8160c230b2344afc
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102736