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Volume 22, Number 6—June 2016
Dispatch

Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease, Germany, 2009–2014

Felix C. RingshausenComments to Author , Dirk Wagner, Andrés de Roux, Roland Diel, David Hohmann, Lennart Hickstein, Tobias Welte, and Jessica Rademacher
Author affiliations: German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany (F.C. Ringshausen, R. Diel, T. Welte); Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (F.C. Ringshausen, T. Welte, J. Rademacher); University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (D. Wagner); Pneumologische Praxis am Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany (A. de Roux); University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany (R. Diel); HGC GesundheitsConsult, Düsseldorf, Germany (D. Hohmann); Health Risk Institute, Berlin (L. Hickstein)

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Table 2

Most common and relevant comorbidities among case-patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease, Germany, 2009–2014*

ICD-10 codes Diagnosis No. (%) patients
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
A31.0
NTM-PD
85
96
106
106
104
126
J43–44 COPD and emphysema 53 (62.4) 67 (69.8) 84 (79.2) 67 (63.2) 76 (73.1) 87 (69.0)
J40–42 Chronic or unspecified bronchitis 24 (28.2) 26 (27.1) 34 (32.1) 28 (26.4) 44 (42.3) 41 (32.5)
E10–11 Diabetes mellitus, type 1 and type 2 45 (52.9) 28 (29.2) 15 (14.2) 20 (18.9) 21 (20.2) 28 (22.2)
J09–18 Influenza and pneumonia 21 (24.7) 17 (17.7) 28 (26.4) 24 (22.6) 35 (33.7) 29 (23.0)
M80–81 Osteoporosis 18 (21.2) 20 (20.8) 27 (25.5) 23 (21.7) 23 (22.1) 26 (20.6)
J45 Asthma 18 (21.2) 25 (26.0) 31 (29.2) 22 (20.8) 23 (22.1) 34 (27.0)
J96 Respiratory failure 16 (18.8) 21 (21.9) 25 (23.6) 20 (18.9) 23 (22.1) 33 (26.2)
J20–22 Acute bronchitis and bronchiolitis 8 (9.4) 17 (17.7) 17 (16.0) 27 (25.5) 18 (17.3) 26 (20.6)
A15–19 Tuberculosis 12 (14.1) 14 (14.6) 16 (15.1) 21 (19.8) 25 (24.0) 17 (13.5)
F17 Tobacco use 13 (15.3) 17 (17.7) 17 (16.0) 16 (15.1) 14 (13.5) 16 (12.7)
K21 Gastro-esophageal reflux disease 13 (15.3) 15 (15.6) 18 (17.0) 14 (13.2) 17 (16.3) 20 (15.9)
J47 Bronchiectasis 6 (7.1) 9 (9.4) 9 (8.5) 7 (6.6) 16 (15.4) 23 (18.3)
C34 Lung cancer 3 (3.5) 4 (4.2) 7 (6.6) 9 (8.5) 5 (4.8) 13 (10.3)
M05–06 Rheumatoid arthritis 3 (3.5) 11 (11.5) 8 (7.5) 4 (3.8) 2 (1.9) 9 (7.1)
B20–24 Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (1.2) 2 (2.1) 5 (4.7) 4 (3.8) 5 (4.8) 5 (4.0)
D90 Immunosuppression 0 1 (1.0) 2 (1.9) 1 (0.9) 2 (1.9) 1 (0.8)
Z94 Transplant organ and tissue status 1 (1.2) 1 (1.0) 1 (0.9) 0 2 (1.9) 2 (1.6)
E84 Cystic fibrosis 0 1 (1.0) 0 0 2 (1.9) 2 (1.6)

*ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision; NTM-PD, nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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