Abstract

Elevated Pertussis Reporting in Response to 2011-2012 Outbreak, New York City, New York, USA.

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  • Another finding was the characteristic gradient clustering of the ratios of M. avium and M. intracellulare

  • We found dramatic increases in incidence of pulmonary M. abscessus disease and pulmonary MAC disease, whereas incidence of pulmonary M. kansasii disease was stable

  • We did not distinguish M. massiliense from M. abscessus, the incidence rate for pulmonary M. abscessus disease increased from 0.1 cases in 2001 to 0.5 cases per 100,000 person-years in 2014

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Introduction

Another finding was the characteristic gradient clustering of the ratios of M. avium and M. intracellulare (online Technical Appendix Figure 2). Changing epidemiology of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria infections. Elevated Pertussis Reporting in Response to 2011–2012 Outbreak, New York City, New York, USA We hypothesized that provider awareness and altered practices after the start of the outbreak contributed to the sustained elevation in reported pertussis incidence.

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