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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 3

Causes of death for patients with extrapulmonary NTM infection and controls, Denmark*

Category Extrapulmonary NTM
Controls
Cause of death No. (%) Cause of death No. (%)
All causes Total 158 (32.6) Total 375 (19.4)
Male 97 (33.6) Male 256 (22.2)
Female
 61 (31.1)
Female
 119 (15.2)
Rank
1 Cardiovascular disease 28 (17.7) Cardiovascular disease 90 (24.0)
2 Solid malignant neoplasms 22 (13.9) Solid malignant neoplasms 62 (16.5)
3 Hematological malignancies 12 (7.6) Organic mental disorders 18 (4.8)
4 Other bacterial diseases† 9 (5.7) Influenza and pneumonia 16 (4.3)
5 Respiratory diseases 8 (5.1) Respiratory diseases 13 (3.5)
6 HIV 6 (3.8) Hematological malignancies 13 (3.5)
Others 73 (46.2) Others 163 (43.5)

*NTM, nontuberculosis mycobacteria. †Codes A30–A49, including mycobacterial diseases, in International Classification of Diseases, 8th Revision or 10th Revision.

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