A Prospective Study of the Risk of Tuberculosis among Intravenous Drug Users with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
- 2 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 320 (9) , 545-550
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198903023200901
Abstract
To determine the risk of active tuberculosis associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, we prospectively studied 520 intravenous drug users enrolled in a methadone-maintenance program. Tuberculin skin testing and testing for HIV antibody were performed in all subjects.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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