Clinical features and incidence of Mycobacterium avium infections in children.
Journal: Scandinavian Journal Of Infectious Diseases
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Abstract
Mycobacterium avium is the most common pathogen in children presenting as non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis. In Sweden non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection is a notifiable disease. The goal of our study was to determine the annual incidence of M. avium infection in Swedish children, 1998-2003, and describe clinical features related to age and treatment of children with M. avium lymphadenitis. To do this, we retrospectively analysed patient records of 162 children less than 7 y of age from the entire country with culture-verified M. avium disease. The incidence of M. avium infection in Sweden was lower in 2000-2003 than in 1998-1999. Young children (
Authors
Johanna Thegerström, Vanda Friman, Olle Nylén, Victoria Romanus, Björn Olsen
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