TY - JOUR T1 - How much is too much alcohol in tuberculosis? JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.01468-2016 VL - 49 IS - 1 SP - 1601468 AU - João Francisco AU - Olena Oliveira AU - Óscar Felgueiras AU - A. Rita Gaio AU - Raquel Duarte Y1 - 2017/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/49/1/1601468.abstract N2 - About one-third of the population worldwide have Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections, although 90% of infected individuals never develop clinical disease [1, 2].Heavy alcohol intake seems to increase risk of TB in males. New measures for alcohol abuse are needed http://ow.ly/2Esr304cDg4The author's contributions are as follows. Conception and design: R. Duarte and O. Oliveira; analysis and interpretation: J. Francisco, O. Felgueiras, A.R. Gaio and R. Duarte; drafting the manuscript for important intellectual content: J. Francisco, O. Oliveira, A.R. Gaio and R. Duarte. ER -