Association Between Passive Smoking and Infection With<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>in Children

Abstract

Passive smoking is associated with M. tuberculosis infection in children living in a household with a patient with tuberculosis. More studies are needed to confirm this observation, but the possible association is a cause of great concern, considering the high prevalence of smoking and tuberculosis in most developing countries.

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