Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Tuberculosis diagnosis
Disease area: Respiratory infections



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M. N. Altet-Gomez, J. Dominguez, M. L. de Souza, M. A. Jimenez, C. Milá, J. Solsona, I. Latorre, A. Orcau, J. Cayla (Barcelona, Badalona, Madrid, Spain). Risk of TB infection and smoking: IFN-gamma concentration increases with the cigarettes’ number in smokers. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 500

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