Comorbidities in pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India: Opportunities for intervention.

Natasha S HochbergSonali SarkarC Robert HorsburghSelby KnudsenJane PleskunasSwaroop SahuRachel W KubiakS GovindarajanPadmini SalgameSubitha LakshminarayananAmsaveni SivaprakasamLaura F WhiteNoyal Maria JosephJerrold J EllnerGautam Roy

Published in: PloS one (2017)

Alcohol use in men and malnutrition are helping drive the TB epidemic in Southern India. Reducing the TB burden in this population will require efforts to mitigate these risk factors.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
randomized controlled trial
middle aged