TY - JOUR AU - Seddon, Paul AU - Fidler, Katy AU - Raman, Sundhya AU - Wyatt, Hilary AU - Ruiz, Gary AU - Elston, Caroline AU - Perrin, Felicity AU - Gyi, Khin AU - Bilton, Diana AU - Drobniewski, Francis AU - Newport, Melanie T1 - Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Cystic Fibrosis Clinics, United Kingdom, 2009 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 7 SP - 1128 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Incidence of pulmonary infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) is increasing among persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). We assessed prevalence and management in CF centers in the United Kingdom and found 5.0% of 3,805 adults and 3.3% of 3,317 children had recently been diagnosed with NTM. Of those, 44% of adults and 47% of children received treatment. KW - nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - cystic fibrosis KW - Mycobacterium avium complex KW - Mycobacterium absessus complex KW - bacteria KW - United Kingdom KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria DO - 10.3201/eid1907.120615 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/7/12-0615_article ER - End of Reference