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Impact of metformin use among tuberculosis close contacts with diabetes mellitus in a nationwide cohort study
BACKGROUND: The protective effect of metformin against active tuberculosis (TB) among TB close contacts is unknown. METHODS: TB close contacts with diabetes mellitus (DM) and normal renal function were selected from the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. Metformin users were pati...
Autores principales: | Lee, Ming-Chia, Lee, Chih-Hsin, Lee, Meng-Rui, Wang, Jann-Yuan, Chen, Shih-Ming |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6836500/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31694558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4577-z |
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