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Tuberculosis
Report summarizes tuberculosis study findings from J.D.L. Batista and co-researchers
September 2nd, 2008
According to a study from Recife, Brazil, " Recent tobacco smoking has been identified as a risk factor for developing tuberculosis, and two studies which have investigated its association with relapse of tuberculosis after completion of treatment had conflicting results (and did not control for confounding). The objective of this study was to investigate risk factors for tuberculosis relapse, with emphasis on smoking." " A cohort of newly diagnosed TB cases was followed up from their discharge after completion of treatment (in 20012003) until October 2006 and relapses of tuberculosis ascertained during that period. A case of relapse was defined as a patient who started...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-02)
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