Incidence rate of nontuberculous mycobacterial disease in immunocompetent children: a prospective nationwide surveillance study in Germany.
An increasing incidence in disease caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria is being reported. We investigated the burden of disease in immunocompetent German children in a prospective nationwide study from April 2003 to September 2005. Ninety-seven percent of children presented with lymphadenitis; median age was 2.5 years. Using the capture-recapture method, we estimated a cumulative incidence rate of 3.1/100000 children.
Reuss
Annicka M
AM
Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Wiese-Posselt
Miriam
M
Weissmann
Barbara
B
Siedler
Anette
A
Zuschneid
Irina
I
An der Heiden
Matthias
M
Claus
Hermann
H
von Kries
Rüdiger
R
Haas
Walter H
WH
D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011446:Prospective Studies