Impact of diabetes and smoking on mortality in tuberculosis.

Impact of diabetes and smoking on mortality in tuberculosis.

Diabetes mellitus is a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) disease. There is evidence that diabetes also influences TB severity and treatment outcomes but information is incomplete and some published results have been inconsistent.A longitudinal cohort study was conducted at the National Masan Tubercu...

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Main Authors: George W Reed, Hongjo Choi, So Young Lee, Myungsun Lee, Youngran Kim, Hyemi Park, Jongseok Lee, Xin Zhan, Hyeungseok Kang, SooHee Hwang, Matthew Carroll, Ying Cai, Sang-Nae Cho, Clifton E Barry, Laura E Via, Hardy Kornfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3585219?pdf=render

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