Smoking is not beneficial for tuberculosis

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Oct 1;170(7):821; author reply 821. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.170.7.951.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Granuloma / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Morbidity
  • Nicotine / immunology
  • Nicotine / therapeutic use
  • Pneumonia / prevention & control
  • Prevalence
  • Risk Factors
  • Smoking / adverse effects*
  • Smoking Prevention
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / epidemiology
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / immunology

Substances

  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Nicotine