The impact of smoking on adherence to treatment for latent tuberculosis infection

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown an association between smoking and tuberculosis (TB) infection, disease and TB-related mortality. We hypothesized that smokers with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) are less likely to comply with their LTBI treatment regimen, thus increasing their risk of developin...

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Autores principales: Lavigne, Mélanie, Rocher, Isabelle, Steensma, Colin, Brassard, Paul
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16536868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-66

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16536868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-66

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