Crack cocaine use and other risk factors for tuberculin positivity in drug users.

摘要: Two-step tuberculin testing and standardized interviews of 793 current former drug users were performed to determine the risk factors for positivity. The prevalence positivity was 25%. Factors independently associated with among participants seronegative human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) included crack cocaine use (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 1.6; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.0-2.5), employment as a home health aide OR, 2.1; CI, 1.0-4.1), birth in Puerto Rico 2.2; 1.3-3.6), foreign birthplace 4.7; 1.6-13.6), African American race 2.5; 1.2-5.0), reported tuberculosis exposure 2.3; 1.2-4.4), older age 2.9; 1.2-6.7). Additional HIV-infected alcoholism 2.4; 1.0-5.8) high CD4 + lymphocyte count. Identification administration appropriate chemoprophylaxis these should be given priority.