TY - JOUR AU - Santin, Miguel AU - Barrabeig, Irene AU - Malchair, Pierre AU - Gonzalez-Luquero, Lucia AU - Benitez, Miguel AU - Sabria, Josefina AU - Palau-Benavent, Merce AU - Cañete, Concepcion AU - Lloret-Queraltó, Joan AU - Grijota-Camino, Maria AU - Dorca, Jordi AU - Alcaide, Fernando T1 - Pulmonary Infections with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Catalonia, Spain, 1994–2014 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1091 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In Spain, systematic reporting of pulmonary infections with nontuberculous mycobacteria is not mandatory. Therefore, to determine trends, we retrospectively identified cases for January 1994–December 2014 in Catalonia. Over the 21 years, prevalence increased and was associated with being male. Mycobacterium avium complex and M. abscessus prevalence increased; M. kansasii prevalence decreased. KW - nontuberculous mycobacteria KW - pulmonary infections KW - prevalence KW - tuberculosis and other mycobacteria KW - Catalonia KW - Spain KW - bacteria KW - respiratory infections DO - 10.3201/eid2406.172095 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/6/17-2095_article ER - End of Reference