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Association of tuberculosis infection with increased time in or admission to the New York City jail system

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New York City's jail system may be fueling the tuberculosis epidemic. New York City's jail population exceeds 20,000, and the average prison stay is 65 days. Of 2,636 male inmates who tested negative for tuberculosis in 1985, 60 had developed tuberculosis by May 15, 1992. Inmates who had undergone methadone detoxification while in jail were 4.3 times more likely to have developed tuberculosis as those who had been in general prison housing. Inmates who were 30 or older were 2.4 times as likely to develop tuberculosis as younger inmates. The risk of tuberculosis increased with time spent in jail and number of admissions to jail. Race was not associated with risk of tuberculosis. More aggressive detection and treatment is needed to prevent the spread of tuberculosis among inmates and into the community as they return home.

Health aspects, New York, New York, Jails

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HIV-Related Tuberculosis in a Transgender Network--Baltimore, Maryland, and New York City Area, 1998-2000

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Transgender houses may be a source of tuberculosis in communities. These houses are actually meeting places for transgender persons, who express a gender different from their biological gender. When four transgender members at a Baltimore house developed tuberculosis, an investigation uncovered 22 more TB patients linked to the house. Several were members of a New York house who had traveled to Baltimore to participate in dances. Sixty-two percent of the TB patients also had HIV infection. Some were also commercial sex workers.

Diseases, Transsexuals

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Drug-resistant tuberculosis, clinical virulence, and the dominance of the Beijing strain family in Russia

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A study is conducted to address the extent of 'Beijing strain' transmission in the prison/civil sectors and the association of drug resistance, clinical, and social factors with the Beijing genotype. The results reveal that the drug resistance and previous imprisonment are significantly associated with Beijing-strain infection and Beijing isolates cause radiologically more advanced disease.

Russia, Usage, Drug therapy, Radiology, Medical, Radiology

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