Metformin use is associated with a low risk of tuberculosis among newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus patients with normal renal function: A nationwide cohort study with validated diagnostic criteria

Human studies on the use of metformin as host-directed therapy (HDT) for tuberculosis (TB) are rare. We performed a nationwide cohort study to evaluate the effect of metformin on mitigating the risk of active TB among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Among newly diagnosed DM patients identified...

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Autores principales: Lee, Ming-Chia, Chiang, Chen-Yuan, Lee, Chih-Hsin, Ho, Cheng-Maw, Chang, Chia-Hao, Wang, Jann-Yuan, Chen, Shih-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6193668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30335800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205807

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6193668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30335800
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205807

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