The effect of metformin on culture conversion in tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus.

Conclusions: Among cavitary pulmonary TB patients with DM, metformin can be an effective adjunctive anti-TB agent to improve sputum culture conversion after 2 months of treatment.
PMID: 29540054 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine - March 16, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Lee YJ, Han SK, Park JH, Lee JK, Kim DK, Chung HS, Heo EY Tags: Korean J Intern Med Source Type: research