Differential Role of Type 2 Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Tuberculosis in the Elderly versus Younger Adults

The elderly are understudied despite their high risk of tuberculosis (TB). We sought to identify factors underlying the lack of an association between TB and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in the elderly, but not adults. We conducted a case–control study in elderly (≥65 years old; ELD) vs. younger adults (yo...

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Autores principales: Restrepo, Blanca I., Scordo, Julia M., Aguillón-Durán, Génesis P., Ayala, Doris, Quirino-Cerrillo, Ana Paulina, Loera-Salazar, Raúl, Cruz-González, America, Caso, Jose A., Joya-Ayala, Mateo, García-Oropesa, Esperanza M., Salinas, Alejandra B., Martinez, Leonardo, Schlesinger, Larry S., Torrelles, Jordi B., Turner, Joanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9784720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36558885
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11121551

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