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
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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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description 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 marijuana inside a closed car with friends to repeatedly inhale exhaled smoke) fueled transmission.
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spelling pubmed-32910492012-03-05 Tuberculosis Outbreak in Marijuana Users, Seattle, Washington, 2004 Oeltmann, John E. Oren, Eyal Haddad, Maryam B. Lake, Linda K. Harrington, Theresa A. Ijaz, Kashef Narita, Masahiro Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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 marijuana inside a closed car with friends to repeatedly inhale exhaled smoke) fueled transmission. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3291049/ /pubmed/16836841 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1207.051436 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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