The epidemiology of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease in the Netherlands.
Jodie Anne SchildkrautSanne Maria Henriëtte ZweijpfenningMartijn NapKun HeElena DachevaJetty OverbeekAlma TostmannHeiman F L WertheimWouter HoefslootJakko van IngenPublished in: ERJ open research (2021)
The estimated annual prevalence of NTM-PD using databases was between 2.3 and 5.9 patients per 100 000 inhabitants. Due to the possible presence of tuberculosis patients and low coverage in one dispensing database, we believe an annual prevalence of between 2.3 and 4.5 patients per 100 000 inhabitants is more probable, which still renders NTM-PD a serious health threat. This estimate is lower than the estimate from the pulmonologist survey, indicating physicians likely overestimate prevalence.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- risk factors
- healthcare
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- primary care
- public health
- emergency department
- pulmonary hypertension
- patient reported outcomes
- risk assessment
- climate change
- cross sectional
- health information
- human immunodeficiency virus
- big data
- artificial intelligence