Journal of Infection
Volume 57, Issue 5 , Pages 385-391 , November 2008

Alcohol use and clinical manifestations of tuberculosis

  • Christina T. Fiske

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • Present address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
  • ,
  • Carol D. Hamilton

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  • ,
  • Jason E. Stout

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 684 3279; fax: +1 919 681 7494.

,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.08.011

Journal of Infection
Volume 57, Issue 5 , Pages 385-391 , November 2008