Figure 1.

Oregon nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM; excluding Mycobacterium gordonae) cohort identification and follow-up flow. *Patients met American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America pulmonary NTM disease case criteria (4) as of December 31, 2006. ^†Includes three deceased individuals during the follow-up period for whom the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center would not release records. For patients who died prior to initiating the follow-up study in June 2013, we did not need consent or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) releases to review records; living patients were contacted for consent and HIPAA authorization.