High diabetes prevalence among tuberculosis cases in Kerala, India.

High diabetes prevalence among tuberculosis cases in Kerala, India.

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...

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Main Authors: Shibu Balakrishnan, Shibu Vijayan, Sanjeev Nair, Jayasankar Subramoniapillai, Sunilkumar Mrithyunjayan, Nevin Wilson, Srinath Satyanarayana, Puneet K Dewan, Ajay M V Kumar, Durai Karthickeyan, Matthew Willis, Anthony D Harries, Sreenivas Achuthan Nair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3471898?pdf=render

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