Drug Abuse, HIV Infection, and Tuberculosis
| Autor: | Lawrence S. Brown, Charles P. Felton |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis Latent tuberculosis business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) New infection Immunosuppression General Medicine medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Substance abuse Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Immunology medicine Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 262:615-616 |
| ISSN: | 1538-3598 0098-7484 |
| DOI: | 10.1001/jama.1989.03430050025014 |
| Popis: | To the Editor.— The recent article by Braun and colleagues 1 and the accompanying editorial by Drs Snider and Hutton 2 are especially timely in focusing on the need for appropriate tuberculosis-control measures in correctional facilities. The relationship between drug abuse and tuberculosis was another finding of the study by Braun et al and confirms previous reports. 3,4 The significance of the drug abuse— tuberculosis association is especially intriguing, given the recent trends of the concurrent rise of tuberculosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome case reporting in the United States. The increase in case reports of tuberculosis has been explained by most investigators as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—associated immunosuppression resulting in activation of latent tuberculosis infection. 4 However, new infection has not been unequivocally dismissed as a possible contribution. More importantly, very little information is available about the efficacy of tuberculosis preventive or therapeutic regimens in persons with HIV infection or |
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