Burden of diabetes among patients with tuberculosis: 10-year experience from a tertiary care referral teaching hospital in South India
Conclusions: Over a 10-year study period, 24% of the TB patients were diabetic, nearly half were detected at the time of TB diagnosis. There may be a good case for screening all TB patients for DM.
Source: Lung India - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan Joy Sarojini Michael Balaji Veeraraghavan Marie Therese Manipadam Thambu David Mayank Gupta Bijesh Yadav Source Type: research
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