The worldwide increase in the prevalence of diabetes has been most notable in TB-endemic
countries and has led to the re-emerging importance of the association between these two …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major risk factor for the development of active pulmonary
tuberculosis (TB), with development of DM pandemic in countries where TB is also endemic …

Background. Despite the well-documented association between diabetes and active
tuberculosis, evidence of the association between diabetes and latent tuberculosis infection …

Introduction Meta-analyses conducted so far on the association between diabetes mellitus
(DM) and the tuberculosis (TB) development risk did not sufficiently take confounders into …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one bacterial killer worldwide and the current increase in
type 2 diabetes mellitus patients (DM), particularly in countries where TB is also endemic …

The spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection within Africa led to marked
increases in numbers of cases of tuberculosis (TB), and although the epidemic peaked in …

There is growing interest in the interaction between type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and TB,
but many research questions remain unanswered. Epidemiologists, basic scientists, and …

Abstract Background The QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus) was introduced in 2015
as a new generation of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) designed to detect …

Background The clinical utility of interferon-γ release assays (IGRAs) for diagnosis of active
tuberculosis is unclear, although they are commonly used in countries with a low incidence …

Background Uncontrolled diabetes, unlike controlled diabetes, is associated with an
impaired immune response. However, little is known about the impact of the status of …