Smoking and pulmonary tuberculosis treatment failure: a case-control study.
Juan P Aguilar TiconaMaría Belen ArriagaMonica Ninet RodasEduardo Martins NettoPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2019)
Smoking and aging are both associated with pulmonary tuberculosis treatment failure. Therefore, as part of a tuberculosis control program, health personnel should be prepared to offer strategies to promote smoking cessation and should be more careful with older patients.