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Screening for prevalence of current TB disease and latent TB infection in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a diabetic clinic in an Indian tertiary care hospital

BACKGROUND: Diabetes triples the risk of developing tuberculosis (TB). This study was designed to determine the prevalence of past and current TB disease and Latent TB infection (LTBI) in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) patients. DESIGN: This was a prospective descriptive study on all NIDDM patient...

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Autores principales: Dabhi, Pradipkumar Arvindbhai, Thangakunam, Balamugesh, Gupta, Richa, James, Prince, Thomas, Nihal, Naik, Dukhabandhu, Christopher, Devasahayam Jesudas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32502176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233385