Diabetes Reduces the Rate of Sputum Culture Conversion in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis

Diabetes Reduces the Rate of Sputum Culture Conversion in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis

Background: Risk factors for acquired multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) are well described but risk factors of primary MDR TB is understudied. We aimed to 1) assess risk factors for primary MDR TB, including diabetes, and 2) determine if diabetes reduced the rate of sputum culture conversion...

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Main Author: Salindri, Argita
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2015
Subjects:
risk factors
primary MDR TB
diabetes
culture conversion
Country of Georgia
Online Access:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/iph_theses/421
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1455&context=iph_theses

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http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1455&context=iph_theses

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