Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in a Danish region between 2011 and 2021: evaluation of trends in diagnostic codes.

Victor Naestholt Dahl Andreas Fløe Christian Morberg Wejse

Published in: Infectious diseases (London, England) (2023)

More than one-third with an NTM infection based on ICD-10 codes were found in extreme age groups. At least half of the patients had a pulmonary infection. Contradicting previous data from Denmark, we found an increasing trend of NTM, potentially suggesting an increase in clinically relevant disease, a higher awareness and test rate, or improved coding.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
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ejection fraction
peritoneal dialysis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
climate change
pulmonary hypertension
big data
prognostic factors
machine learning