Diabetes mellitus: an important risk factor for reactivation of tuberculosis

Diabetes mellitus was identified as a risk factor for developing tuberculosis (TB) infection, and relapse after therapy. The risk of acquiring TB is described as comparable to that of HIV population. The fact that diabetics are 3× times more prone to develop pulmonary TB than nondiabetics cannot be...

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Autores principales: Solá, Ernesto, Rivera, Carmen, Mangual, Michelle, Martinez, José, Rivera, Kelvin, Fernandez, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bioscientifica Ltd 2016
Materias:
Unique/Unexpected Symptoms or Presentations of a Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27482384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-16-0035

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4967108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27482384
http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EDM-16-0035

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