A Prospective Study of the Risk of Tuberculosis among Intravenous Drug Users with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Selwyn P, Hartel D, Lewis V, Schoenbaum E, Vermund S, Klein R, Walker A, Friedland G. A Prospective Study of the Risk of Tuberculosis among Intravenous Drug Users with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. New England Journal Of Medicine 1989, 320: 545-550. PMID: 2915665, DOI: 10.1056/nejm198903023200901.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-seropositive subjectsIntravenous drug usersPositive PPD testHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionImmunodeficiency virus infectionActive tuberculosisPPD testDrug usersSeronegative subjectsSeropositive subjectsTuberculous infectionSkin testingVirus infectionHIV-seronegative intravenous drug usersHIV-seronegative subjectsLatent tuberculous infectionRisk of tuberculosisTuberculin skin testingCases of tuberculosisMethadone maintenance programHIV antibodiesHIV-seropositiveHIV infectionProspective studyProtein derivative (PPD) tuberculin