Alcohol use and tuberculosis clinical presentation at the time of diagnosis in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India.
Carolyn K KanElizabeth J RaganSonali SarkarSelby KnudsenMegan ForsythMuthaiah MuthurajKumar VinodHelen E JenkinsC Robert HorsburghPadmini SalgameGautam RoyJerrold J EllnerKaren R JacobsonSwaroop SahuNatasha S HochbergPublished in: PloS one (2020)
A large proportion of PLWTB were drinkers and were at-risk for AUD. Alcohol drinkers had more lung affected than non-drinkers. Studies are needed to explore mechanisms of this association.