Diabetes and Other Risk Factors for Multi-drug Resistant Tuberculosis in a Mexican Population with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Case Control Study

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) poses problems in treatment, costs and treatment outcomes. It is not known if classically described risk factors for MDR-TB in other countries are the same in Mexico and the frequency of the association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and MDR-TB in our country is not clear. We undertook this study to analyze risk factors associated with the development of MDR-TB, with emphasis on DM.

Source: Archives of Medical Research - February 20, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Alejandro Gómez-Gómez, Martin Magaña-Aquino, Salvador López-Meza, Marcelo Aranda-Álvarez, Dora E. Díaz-Ornelas, María Guadalupe Hernández-Segura, Miguel Ángel Salazar-Lezama, Martín Castellanos-Joya, Daniel E. Noyola Tags: Original Article Source Type: research