The risk factors for developing<unk>  include:  living or traveling to endemic areas for TB, elderly people and infants, immunosuppression, history of frequent or prolonged contact with infected patients, IV drug users, smoking, bad hygiene, and poor nutrition. In addition, the risk factors for multidrug-resistant TB include: non-adherence to treatment regimen, inadequate treatment for that bacterial strain, and contact with patients with multidrug-resistant TB.
Tuberculosis risk factors
Pneumonia risk factors
Cough risk factors
Farmer's lung risk factors
Pulmonary embolism risk factors
Malaria risk factors
Pneumoconiosis risk factors
Influenza risk factors