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The Correlation Between Alcohol Use Disorder and Tuberculosis
Biomed Sci Letters 2024;30:181-188
Published online December 31, 2024;  https://doi.org/10.15616/BSL.2024.30.4.181
© 2024 The Korean Society For Biomedical Laboratory Sciences.

Yeon Jeong Oh1,§,*, Xianglan Xuan1,§,*, Minju Jung1,2,*, Sohyeong Kim1,2,*, Yujin Park1,2,*, Hyun Jun Woo3,**, Jang-Eun Cho4,†,**, and Sunghyun Kim1,2,†,**

1Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan 46252, Korea
2Next-Generation Industrial Field-Based Specialist Program for Molecular Diagnostics, Brain Busan 21 Plus Project, Graduate School, Catholic University of Pusan, Busan 46252, Korea
3Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health and Biotechnology, Semyung University, Jecheon 27136, Korea
4Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College, Daegu 41453, Korea
Correspondence to: †Jang-Eun Cho
Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Daegu Health College, 15 Youngsong-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41453, Korea
Tel: +82-53-320-4509, Fax: +82-53-320-1450, E-mail: jecho@dhc.ac.kr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1005-6393

Sunghyun Kim
Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, College of Health Sciences, Catholic University of Pusan, 57 Oryundae-ro, Geumjeong-gu, Busan 46252, Korea
Tel: +82-51-510-0560, Fax: +82-51-510-0568, E-mail: shkim0423@cup.ac.kr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2511-6555

*Graudate student, **Professor.
§These authors contributed equally to this work.
Received October 4, 2024; Revised October 23, 2024; Accepted October 26, 2024.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
 Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Along with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and malaria, TB is one of the three major diseases on which the World Health Organization focuses for intensive management. Furthermore, TB is the second most infectious disease following coronavirus disease 2019, excluding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and AIDS. The main risk factors for TB include malnutrition, HIV infection, smoking, diabetes, and alcohol use disorder. Several studies have reported a direct correlation between alcoholism and pulmonary TB. This study aimed to review the impact of alcohol use disorder on TB by connecting various epidemiological data and the existing literature on the correlation between alcohol use disorder and TB. Furthermore, it emphasizes the need for early diagnosis and prevention as well as prompt treatment of TB in patients with alcohol addiction and alcohol use disorder for the effective management of TB.
Keywords : Tuberculosis, Alcoholism, Early diagnosis