Trends in nontuberculous mycobacteria infection in children and young people with cystic fibrosis
Noreen Zainal Abidin, Aaron Gardner, Hannah-Louise Robinson, Iram Haq, Matthew F. Thomas, Malcolm Brodlie
Journal of Cystic Fibrosis · 2020-09
Abstract
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection is of growing concern in cystic fibrosis (CF). UK CF Registry data were analyzed from 2016 to 2018. Prevalence of infection stabilized in the pediatric age-group during this period but remained substantially higher than in 2010. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection were associated with NTM infection.
MeSH terms
- Cystic fibrosis
- Nontuberculous mycobacteria
- Medicine
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Lung infection
- Immunology
- Internal medicine