Association between a history of mycobacterial infection and the risk of newly diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome: A nationwide, population-based case-control study.

To address the distinct association of SS withTB or NTM infection, we hence classified mycobacterial infections as either TB or NTM infection, and found a markedly high association between a history of NTM infection and the risk of SS (aOR 11.24, 95% CI 2.37–53.24), whereas the correlation between a history of TB infection and SS risk did not reach statistical significance (aOR 1.29, 95% CI 0.97–1.71).

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