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Volume 23, Number 3—March 2017
Research

Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacteria–Associated Deaths, Ontario, Canada, 2001–2013

Theodore K. MarrasComments to Author , Michael A. Campitelli, Hong Lu, Hannah Chung, Sarah K. Brode, Alex Marchand-Austin, Kevin L. Winthrop, Andrea S. Gershon, Jeffrey C. Kwong1, and Frances B. Jamieson1
Author affiliations: Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (T.K. Marras, S.K. Brode); University of Toronto, Toronto (T.K. Marras, S.K. Brode, A.S. Gershon, J.C. Kwong, F.B. Jamieson); University Health Network, Toronto (T.K. Marras, S.K. Brode, J.C. Kwong); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto (M.A. Campitelli, H. Lu, H. Chung, A.S. Gershon, J.C. Kwong); West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto (S.K. Brode); Public Health Ontario, Toronto (A. Marchand-Austin, J.C. Kwong, F.B. Jamieson); Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA (K.L. Winthrop); Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (A.S. Gershon)

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Kaplan-Meier survival curves for any pulmonary NTM isolation, by species group, Ontario, Canada, 2001–2013. Curve comprises all matched and unmatched patients identified during the study period. There is a statistically significant difference among curves (p<0.001, log-rank) in crude survival comparison, uncontrolled for any other variables. Differences between individual species pairs statistically significant (p<0.00005) for all pairs except Mycobacterium abscessus versus M. fortuitum (p

Figure. Kaplan-Meier survival curves for any pulmonary NTM isolation, by species group, Ontario, Canada, 2001–2013. Curve comprises all matched and unmatched patients identified during the study period. There is a statistically significant difference among curves (p<0.001, log-rank) in crude survival comparison, uncontrolled for any other variables. Differences between individual species pairs statistically significant (p<0.00005) for all pairs except Mycobacterium abscessus versus M. fortuitum (p = 0.19), M. abscessus versus Mycobacterium avium complex (p = 0.14), and M. fortuitum versus Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (p = 0.50).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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