Association of diabetes and tuberculosis: impact on treatment and post-treatment outcomes

Eugenia Jiménez-Corona, María; Pablo Cruz‐Hervert, Luis; García‐García, Lourdes; Ferreyra-Reyes, Leticia; Delgado-Sánchez, Guadalupe; Bobadilla-del-Valle, Miriam; Canizales‐Quintero, Sergio; Ferreira-Guerrero, Elizabeth; Báez-Saldaña, Renata; Araceli Téllez-Vázquez, Norma; Montero-Campos, Rogelio; Mongua-Rodríguez, Norma; Areli Martínez‐Gamboa, Rosa; Sifuentes‐Osornio, José; Ponce‐de‐León, Alfredo

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-201756

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Association of diabetes and tuberculosis: impact on treatment and post-treatment outcomes

Published in Thorax • Dec 18, 2012

Authors:

María Eugenia Jiménez-Corona

Luis Pablo Cruz‐Hervert

Lourdes García‐García

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical consequences of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of patients with TB in Southern Mexico. From 1995 to 2010, patients with acid-fast bacilli or Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum sa...

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Medicine

Sputum

Tuberculosis

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