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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Story, Alistair ; Bothamley, Graham ; Hayward, Andrew
Story, Alistair ; Bothamley, Graham ; Hayward, Andrew Less -
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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Adolescent
Adult
Case-Control Studies
Crack Cocaine
Dispatch
Female
Humans
London
Male
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Risk Factors
Street Drugs
Substance-Related Disorders
Tuberculosis
Crack Cocaine

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 14(9):1466-1469
Pubmed ID:
18760022
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC2603115
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:3049c87fca1ae0ab57ef934e73efb23f0a01388ada2b7cf6352aa7b718af195b
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