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Overrepresentation of Diabetes in Soft Tissue Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
Tahnee Bridson1, Brenda Govan2, Natkunam Ketheesan2
1Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. tahnee.bridson@my.jcu.edu.au.
Abstract:
Diabetes predisposes patients to bacterial infections. Although diabetes confers susceptibility to tuberculosis, the association between nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections and diabetes remains unknown. A retrospective chart analysis of patients in northern Australia during a 20-year period with soft tissue NTM infections revealed that patients with diabetes were three times overrepresented in comparison to the general population (odds ratio = 3.13). There was a statistically significant association between NTM infections and diabetes in this patient cohort (P = 0.0082).
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