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Volume 30, Number 9—September 2024
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Mortality Rate and Cause of Death in Adults with Extrapulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection, Denmark

Andreas A. PedersenComments to Author , Victor N. Dahl, Anders Løkke, Inge K. Holden, Andreas Fløe, Rikke Ibsen, Ole Hilberg, and Isik S. Johansen
Author affiliations: University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (A.A. Pedersen, A. Løkke, I.K. Holden, O. Hilberg, I.S. Johansen); Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark (A.A. Pedersen, A. Løkke, R. Ibsen, O. Hilberg); Mycobacterial Centre for Research Southern Denmark, Odense (A.A. Pedersen, I.K. Holden, O. Hilberg, I.S. Johansen); Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark (A.A. Pedersen, I.K. Holden, I.S. Johansen); Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark (V.N. Dahl, A. Fløe)

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Table 1

Characteristics of patients and controls in study of mortality rates and cause of death in adults with extrapulmonary NTM infection, Denmark*

Characteristic Extrapulmonary NTM
 Controls
No. persons
 485
 1,935
Sex Matched
F 196 (40.4)
M
 289 (59.6)
Median age, y (IQR)
 57 (41–73)
 Matched
Age group, y
18–29 46 (9.5)
30–39 61 (12.6)
40–49 77 (15.9)
50–59 81 (16.7)
60–69 79 (16.3)
>70
 141 (29.1)
Marital status Matched
Married/cohabiting 282 (49.6)
Not married/cohabiting 203 (50.4)
Immigration status†
Non-Western origin 46 (9.5) 111 (5.7)
Western/Danish origin
 438 (90.3)
 1,822 (94.2)
NTM diagnostic codes
Cutaneous mycobacterial infection NOS 75 (15.5)
Cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium marinum 64 (13.2)
Cutaneous infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans 5 (1.0)
Other mycobacterial infections 73 (15.1)
Mycobacterial infection NOS
 268 (55.3)
CCI
Mean CCI (SD) 1 (1.83) 0.26 (0.81)
CCI group
0 313 (64.5) 1,694 (87.5)
1 48 (9.9) 74 (3.8)
2 58 (12.0) 127 (6.6)
>3 66 (13.6)
 40 (2.1)

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; IQR, interquartile range; NOS, not otherwise specified; NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria. †Unknown status for extrapulmonary NTM n = 1 and control n = 2.

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