Risk Factors for Complicated Lymphadenitis Caused by Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Children
Martin Kuntz, Daniela S. Kohlfürst, Cornelia Feiterna-Sperling, Renate Krüger, Ulrich Baumann, Laura Buchtala, Roland Elling, Veit Grote, Johannes Hübner, Markus Hufnagel, Petra Kaiser-Labusch, Johannes Liese, Eva-Maria Otto, Markus A. Rose
1, Christian Schneider, Volker Schuster, Maximilian Seidl, Olaf Sommerburg, Markus Vogel
2, Horst von Bernuth, Michael Weiß, Theodor Zimmermann, Alexandra Nieters, Werner Zenz, Philipp Henneke
, and for the NTMkids Consortium
Author affiliations: University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany (M. Kuntz, R. Elling, M. Hufnagel, C. Schneider, M. Seidl, A. Nieters, P. Henneke); Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria (D.S. Kohlfürst, W. Zenz); Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (C. Feiterna-Sperling, R. Krüger, H. von Bernuth); Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (U. Baumann); Professor-Hess-Kinderklinik, Bremen, Germany (L. Buchtala, P. Kaiser-Labusch); Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Munich, Germany (V. Grote, J. Hübner); University Children’s Hospital, Würzburg, Germany (J. Liese); Children’s Hospital, Cologne, Germany (E.-M. Otto, M. Weiß); Goethe University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (M.A. Rose); University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (V. Schuster); University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany (O. Sommerburg); Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany (M. Vogel); Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany (T. Zimmermann)
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Figure 3. Seasonality of nontuberculous mycobacteria lymphadenitis in children across 13 centers in Germany and Austria, 2010–2016. Curves created by fitting a generalized linear regression model assuming a sinusoid Poisson distribution over the year (cosinor). A) Month of symptom onset and initial visit at a study center. B) Month of symptom onset for patients <24 months and >24 months of age.
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