Mycobacterium avium Lymphadenopathy among Children, Sweden

Abstract

We studied Mycobacterium avium lymphadenopathy in 183 Swedish children (<7 years of age) from 1998 through 2003. Seasonal variation in the frequency of the disease, with a peak in October and a low point in April, suggests cyclic environmental factors. We also found a higher incidence of the disease in children who live close to water.

Keywords

• Nontuberculous mycobacteria
• Mycobacterium avium
• child
• epidemiology
• season
• water