Substance use common among patients with TB, associated with treatment difficulties

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 13:07 in Health & Medicine

About one in five U.S. tuberculosis patients reports abusing alcohol or using illicit drugs, and those who do appear more contagious and difficult to treat, according to a report in the 26 January issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...

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