Should cigarette smoke exposure be a criterion to treat latent tuberculous infection?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 182, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 990-992

  Chan, Edward D ^a   Keane, Joseph ^b   Iseman, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKE; INFLIXIMAB; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EXPOSURE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEOPLASM; PASSIVE SMOKING; POSTPRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SILICOSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TOBACCO SMOKE POLLUTION; TUBERCULOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78049339617     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201006-0861ED     Document Type: Editorial

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