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Evaluate mortality rates and identify key clinical predictors of death in individuals diagnosed with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease.

April 14, 2016The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung DiseaseOpen Access

Mortality among patients with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease

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MFMonika FleshnerUniversity of Colorado Boulder KOK.N. OlivierUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PSPamela A. ShawKaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute

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Clinical review reports elevated mortality in pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease, highlighting fibrocavitary damage and pulmonary hypertension as critical risk factors.

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Evaluate mortality rates and identify key clinical predictors of death in individuals diagnosed with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease.
Evaluated mortality trends and clinical presentations across multiple populations diagnosed with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease.
Assessed the association between patient mortality and specific structural and hemodynamic lung complications.
Pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease demonstrates a consistently elevated mortality rate across diverse patient cohorts.
Fibrocavitary disease and pulmonary hypertension serve as significant clinical risk factors for increased mortality.

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Fleshner et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69da29ae84371aa676a3cf9a https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0807

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Clinical review reports elevated mortality in pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease, highlighting fibrocavitary damage and pulmonary hypertension as critical risk factors.

Mortality among patients with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease

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Mortality among patients with pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacteria disease

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