Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteriosis in Nagasaki, Japan

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 5; p. e0128304
• Main Authors: Ide, Shotaro, Nakamura, Shigeki, Yamamoto, Yoshihiro, Kohno, Yoshihisa, Fukuda, Yuichi, Ikeda, Hideki, Sasaki, Eisuke, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Higashiyama, Yasuhito, Hashiguchi, Kohji, Futsuki, Yoji, Inoue, Yuichi, Fukushima, Kiyoyasu, Suyama, Naofumi, Kohno, Shigeru
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 28.05.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis; Body mass; Body Mass Index; Body size; Care and treatment; Chemotherapy; Child; Child, Preschool; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Complications and side effects; Critical care; Development and progression; Epidemiology; Female; Geographical variations; Health insurance; HIV; Hospitals; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Identification methods; Immunization; Incidence; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infections; Infectious diseases; Japan - epidemiology; Lung diseases; Male; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Medical records; Medicine; Microbiology; Middle Aged; Mycobacteriosis; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium avium; Mycobacterium avium Complex - isolation & purification; Mycobacterium avium Complex - physiology; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - diagnosis; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - diagnostic imaging; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - epidemiology; Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection - pathology; Patients; Radiography; Respiratory diseases; Respiratory tract diseases; Risk factors; Sex Factors; Tuberculosis; University graduates; Japan

Recent reports indicate that the incidence of nontuberculous mycobacterial-lung disease (NTM-LD) is increasing. This study aimed to investigate the epidemiology and clinical features of NTM-LD patients in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan to identify the negative prognostic factors for NTM-LD in Japan. The...