Crack Cocaine and Infectious Tuberculosis

We hypothesize that crack cocaine is independently associated with smear-positive tuberculosis (TB). In a case–control study of TB in London, 19 (86%) of 22 crack cocaine users with pulmonary TB were smear positive compared with 302 (36%) of 833 non–drug users. Respiratory damage caused by crack coc...

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Autores principales: Story, Alistair, Bothamley, Graham, Hayward, Andrew
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18760022
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.070654
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description We hypothesize that crack cocaine is independently associated with smear-positive tuberculosis (TB). In a case–control study of TB in London, 19 (86%) of 22 crack cocaine users with pulmonary TB were smear positive compared with 302 (36%) of 833 non–drug users. Respiratory damage caused by crack cocaine may predispose drug users to infectivity.
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spelling pubmed-26031152009-01-13 Crack Cocaine and Infectious Tuberculosis Story, Alistair Bothamley, Graham Hayward, Andrew Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We hypothesize that crack cocaine is independently associated with smear-positive tuberculosis (TB). In a case–control study of TB in London, 19 (86%) of 22 crack cocaine users with pulmonary TB were smear positive compared with 302 (36%) of 833 non–drug users. Respiratory damage caused by crack cocaine may predispose drug users to infectivity. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2603115/ /pubmed/18760022 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.070654 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_short Crack Cocaine and Infectious Tuberculosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2603115/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.070654
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