Chronic respiratory disease, inhaled corticosteroids and risk of non-tuberculous mycobacteriosis

Background Chronic respiratory disease and inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) increase the risk of pneumonia. Few data are available on the association of these risk factors with non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) pulmonary disease. Methods This st...

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Published in:	Thorax Vol. 68; no. 3; pp. 256 - 262
Main Authors:	Andréjak, Claire, Nielsen, Rikke, Thomsen, Vibeke Ø, Duhaut, Pierre, Sørensen, Henrik Toft, Thomsen, Reimar Wernich
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society 01.03.2013 BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subjects:	Administration, Inhalation Aged Androstadienes - therapeutic use Anti-Inflammatory Agents - administration & dosage Anti-Inflammatory Agents - adverse effects Anti-Inflammatory Agents - therapeutic use Asthma - drug therapy Asthma - epidemiology Atypical mycobacteria infections bacterial infection Bronchiectasis - drug therapy Bronchiectasis - epidemiology Budesonide - therapeutic use Case-Control Studies case–control study Chronic Disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease clinical epidemiology Comorbidity Confidence Intervals corticosteroids Denmark - epidemiology Female Fluticasone Humans Male Middle Aged Mycobacterium Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - chemically induced Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous - epidemiology Odds Ratio Pneumoconiosis - drug therapy Pneumoconiosis - epidemiology pneumonia Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - drug therapy Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - epidemiology pulmonary embolism respiratory infection Respiratory Tract Diseases - drug therapy Respiratory Tract Diseases - epidemiology Risk Factors Steroids tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Denmark
ISSN:	0040-6376, 1468-3296, 1468-3296
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