Metformin Decreases Risk of Tuberculosis Infection in Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Background: Metformin may show an antibiotic effect, but whether its use can reduce the risk of tuberculosis infection has rarely been investigated in population-based studies. Methods: This is a retrospective cohort analysis of the Taiwan’s National Health Insurance database. New-onset type 2 diabe...

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Autor principal: Tseng, Chin-Hsiao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6162822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30205606
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7090264

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6162822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30205606
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7090264

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