Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease mortality in the United States, 1999-2010: a population-based comparative study.

Environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous organisms with which humans commonly interact. The epidemiologic characteristics of NTM diseases including mortality rate and its associated factors remain largely unknown. In this study, we explored the geographical area of exposure and...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Mirsaeidi, Roberto F Machado, Joe G N Garcia, Dean E Schraufnagel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3954860?pdf=render