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Tuberculosis Outbreak in Marijuana Users, Seattle, Washington, 2004

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1207.051436