Volume 12, Number 7—July 2006
Dispatch
Tuberculosis Outbreak in Marijuana Users, Seattle, Washington, 2004
Table 1
Tuberculosis outbreak patient and disease characteristics, N = 11
Characteristic | n |
---|---|
Patient | |
East African origin | 10 |
Foreign birth | 8 |
Male | 9 |
Incarceration history | 11 |
Recent victim of assault | 7 |
Illicit drug use | 11 |
Hotboxing | 11 |
Unemployed | 11 |
Disease | |
Pulmonary disease | 11 |
Cavitary | 7 |
Culture-confirmed | 11 |
Sputum smear-positive for acid-fast bacilli | 8 |
Symptomatic at diagnosis | 9 |
HIV infection* | 1 |
*Unknown for 1 patient.