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A 28-Year Multicenter Cohort Study of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis in Children, Spain
Aina Martínez-Planas, Fernando Baquero-Artigao, Ana Méndez-Echevarría, Teresa Del Rosal, Paula Rodríguez-Molino, Carlos Toro-Rueda, Matilde Bustillo-Alonso, Miguel Lafuente, Anna Canet, Ángela Manzanares, Alfredo Tagarro, Francisco José Sanz-Santaeufemia, Sara Guillén-Martín, María José Cilleruelo, Lola Falcón-Neyra, Begoña Santiago, Elena Rincón, Miguel Lillo, Antoni Soriano-Arandes, Luigi Sedda, Clàudia Fortuny, Manuel Monsonís, Julián González-Martín, Marc Tebruegge
1, Antoni Noguera-Julian
1
, and
Spanish Pediatric Tb Research Network and
The European Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis In Children Study2
Author affiliation: Institut de Recerca Pediàtrica Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain (A. Martínez-Planas, C. Fortuny, M. Monsonís, A. Noguera-Julian); La Paz Research Institute, Madrid, Spain (F. Baquero-Artigao, A. Méndez-Echevarría, T. Del Rosal, P. Rodríguez-Molino); Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid (F. Baquero-Artigao, A. Méndez-Echevarría, T. Del Rosal, P. Rodríguez-Molino); Hospital La Paz, Madrid (F. Baquero-Artigao, A. Méndez-Echevarría, T. Del Rosal, P. Rodríguez-Molino, C. Toro-Rueda); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid (F. Baquero-Artigao, A. Méndez-Echevarría, P. Rodríguez-Molino, B. Santiago, J. González-Martín); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Raras, Madrid (T. Del Rosal); Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain (M. Bustillo-Alonso, M. Lafuente); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain (A. Canet, A. Manzanares); Instituto de Investigación 12 de Octubre, Madrid (A. Tagarro); Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Madrid (A. Tagarro); Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid (A. Tagarro); Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid (F.J. Sanz-Santaeufemia); Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Spain (S. Guillén-Martín); Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain (M.J. Cilleruelo); Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain (L. Falcón-Neyra); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid (B. Santiago); Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Madrid (B. Santiago, E. Rincón); Hospital General Universitario de Albacete, Albacete, Spain (M. Lillo); Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain (A. Soriano-Arandes); Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK (L. Sedda); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid (C. Fortuny, A. Noguera-Julian); Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (C. Fortuny, A. Noguera-Julian); Hospital Clínic, Barcelona (J. González-Martín); Austrian Reference Centre for Childhood Tuberculosis, Vienna, Austria (M. Tebruegge); Vienna Healthcare Group, Vienna (M. Tebruegge); Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (M. Tebruegge); UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK (M. Tebruegge).
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Figure 1. Annual case numbers of NTM lymphadenitis and the causative species in a 28-year multicenter cohort study of NTM lymphadenitis in children in Spain, 1996–2023. NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria.
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