Prevalence of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Pulmonary Disease, Germany, 2009 – 2014

The authors recently demonstrated that the burden of nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD) is steadily increasing in Germany, as in many other countries [1]. However, population-based data on the epidemiology of NTM-PD are still scarce. They analyzed representative samples of German routine statutory health insurance (SHI) claim data regarding the annual prevalence rates of NTM-PD (ICD-10 diagnosis code A31.0) over a six-year period and the distribution of age and sex, the site of health care provision as well as concomitant conditions. Overall, from 2009 to 2014 we identified between 85 and 12…