High Diabetes Prevalence among Tuberculosis Cases in Kerala, India

Balakrishnan, Shibu; Vijayan, Shibu; Nair, Sanjeev; Subramoniapillai, Jayasankar; Mrithyunjayan, Sunilkumar; Wilson, Nevin; Satyanarayana, Srinath; Dewan, Puneet; Kumar, Ajay; Karthickeyan, Durai; Willis, Matthew; Harries, Anthony; Achuthan Nair, Sreenivas

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046502

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High Diabetes Prevalence among Tuberculosis Cases in Kerala, India

Published in PLoS ONE • Oct 15, 2012

Authors:

Shibu Balakrishnan

Shibu Vijayan

Sanjeev Nair

Abstract

BACKGROUND: While diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for tuberculosis, the prevalence among TB patients in India is unknown. Routine screening of TB patients for DM may be an opportunity for its early diagnosis and improved management and might improve TB treatment outcomes. We conducted ...

Subject

Medicine

Tuberculosis

Diabetes mellitus

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