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Crack Cocaine and Infectious Tuberculosis

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1409.070654

Authors: Alistair Story, Graham Bothamley, Andrew Hayward

Language: English

Topic: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research

Award: Improving the management and control of tuberculosis among hard to reach groups