Crack Cocaine and Infectious Tuberculosis
Open Access
- 1 September 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 14 (9) , 1466-1469
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.070654
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.Keywords
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