Smoking adversely affects treatment response, outcome and relapse in tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 738-745

  Leung, Chi C ^a,c   Yew, Wing W ^b   Chan, Chi K ^a   Chang, Kwok C ^a   Law, Wing S ^a   Lee, Shuk N ^a   Tai, Lai B ^a   Leung, Eric C C ^a   Au, Ronald K F ^a   Huang, Shan S ^a   Tam, Cheuk M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Health   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RELAPSE; SMOKING; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SPUTUM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84923899772     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00114214     Document Type: Article

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