Risk Factors for Complicated Lymphadenitis Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Children

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are an emerging cause of infections, including chronic lymphadenitis in children. To identify risk factors for NTM lymphadenitis, particularly complicated disease, we collected epidemiologic, clinical, and microbiological data on 138 cases of NTM lymphadenitis in ch...

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Published in:	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors:	Martin Kuntz, Daniela S. Kohlfürst, Cornelia Feiterna-Sperling, Renate Krüger, Ulrich Baumann, Laura Buchtala, Roland Elling, Veit Grote, Johannes Hübner, Markus Hufnagel, Petra Kaiser-Labusch, Johannes Liese, Eva-Maria Otto, Markus A. Rose, Christian Schneider, Volker Schuster, Maximilian Seidl, Olaf Sommerburg, Markus Vogel, Horst von Bernuth, Michael Weiß, Theodor Zimmermann, Alexandra Nieters, Werner Zenz, Philipp Henneke
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-03-01
Subjects:	Nontuberculous mycobacteria lymphadenitis epidemiology risk factors bacteria Germany
Online Access:	https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/3/19-1388_article