TY  - JOUR
T1  - TUberculosis and substance abuse—reply
AU  - Oeltmann JE, Kammerer J, Pevzner ES, Moonan PK
Y1  - 2009/07/13
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.184
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 1241
EP  - 1247
VL  - 169
IS  - 13
N2  - 
Dr Rastegar correctly noted that smoking has been associated with tuberculosis in countries other than the United States and that smoking is more prevalent among persons with substance abuse disorders than the general population. To our knowledge, the association between smoking and tuberculosis has not been confirmed in the United States in population-based studies. Nevertheless, we agree that such an association is likely and deserves investigation. Unfortunately, we were not able to include smoking in our current analysis because data on smoking behaviors are not captured by the National Tuberculosis Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.184
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.184
ER  -