Stopping smoking reduces risk of bacterial pneumonia in people with HIV

(BioMed Central) Bacterial pneumonia is one of the commonest and most serious infections occurring in people infected with HIV. A metanalysis of cohort and case control studies published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine finds that current smokers with HIV were at double the risk of bacterial pneumonia than non-smoking counterparts, but that when people stopped smoking their risk was reduced.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news