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. 2006 Jul;12(7):1156-9.
doi: 10.3201/eid1207.051436.

Tuberculosis outbreak in marijuana users, Seattle, Washington, 2004

John E Oeltmann  1 , Eyal Oren, Maryam B Haddad, Linda k Lake, Theresa A Harrington, Kashef Ijaz, Masahiro Narita
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Tuberculosis outbreak in marijuana users, Seattle, Washington, 2004

John E Oeltmann et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Matching Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates were noted among 11 young tuberculosis patients socially linked through illicit drug-related activities. A large proportion of their friends, 14 (64%) of 22, had positive tuberculin skin-test results. The behavior of "hotboxing" (smoking marijuana inside a closed car with friends to repeatedly inhale exhaled smoke) fueled transmission.

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Infectious periods of tuberculosis patients. Vertical black bars indicate treatment start dates.
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