Tuberculosis Outbreak in Marijuana Users, Seattle, Washington, 2004

Matching Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were noted among 11 young tuberculosis patients socially linked through illicit drug–related activities. A large proportion of their friends, 14 (64%) of 22, had positive tuberculin skin-test results. The behavior of "hotboxing" (smoking marijua...

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Autores principales: Oeltmann, John E., Oren, Eyal, Haddad, Maryam B., Lake, Linda K., Harrington, Theresa A., Ijaz, Kashef, Narita, Masahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16836841
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1207.051436

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16836841
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1207.051436

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