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Epidemiological characteristics of nontuberculous mycobacteriosis and bronchiectasis: comparative study using national mortality statistics from 1970 to 2015 in Japan.

Kozo MorimotoKazuro IwaiTakashi YoshiyamaMasashi ItoFumiko UesugiTakanori AsakuraTakeshi OsawaKoji FuruuchiAtsuyuki KurashimaKeiji FujiwaraNaoki HasegawaYoshiaki TanakaKudoh ShojiYuji ShiraishiSatoshi MitaraiManabu AtoKen Ohta
Published in: ERJ open research (2023)
The trends in bronchiectasis-related mortality differed by sex. The epidemiological trends in the two diseases were associated, especially in elderly females since the mid-1990s. It is suggested that pulmonary NTMosis without pre-existing bronchiectasis might be a leading cause of postinfectious bronchiectasis in Japan.
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