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Impact of metformin on the risk and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in diabetics: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the infectious diseases with a leading cause of death among adults worldwide. Metformin, a first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, may have potential for treating TB. The aims of the present systematic review were to evaluate the impac...

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Autores principales: Yu, Xinyu, Li, Ling, Xia, Liangtao, Feng, Xin, Chen, Fan, Cao, Shiyi, Wei, Xiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31623569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4548-4