Diabetes and pulmonary tuberculosis: a global overview with special focus on the situation in Asian countries with high TB-DM burden

C Zheng, M Hu, F Gao - Global health action, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The double burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) is hitting
certain Asian countries harder than other areas. In a global estimate, 15% of all TB cases …

Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

A Alebel, AT Wondemagegn, C Tesema… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus are significant global public health
challenges. In Sub-Saharan Africa, study findings regarding prevalence of diabetes mellitus …

Diabetes mellitus among pulmonary tuberculosis patients from 4 tuberculosis-endemic countries: the TANDEM study

C Ugarte-Gil, B Alisjahbana, K Ronacher… - Clinical Infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) increases active tuberculosis (TB) risk and worsens TB
outcomes, jeopardizing TB control especially in TB-endemic countries with rising DM …

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes among newly detected pulmonary tuberculosis patients in China: a community based cohort study

Q Wang, A Ma, X Han, S Zhao, J Cai, Y Ma, J Zhao… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Patients with type 2 diabetes (DM) have a higher risk of developing pulmonary
tuberculosis (PTB); moreover, DM co-morbidity in PTB is associated with poor PTB treatment …

Socio-demographic and clinical differences in subjects with tuberculosis with and without diabetes mellitus in Brazil–a multivariate analysis

B Reis-Santos, R Locatelli, BL Horta, E Faerstein… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Several studies have evaluated the relationship between diabetes mellitus
(DM) and tuberculosis (TB), but the nature of this relationship is not fully understood. TB …

Systematic analysis for the relationship between obesity and tuberculosis

A Badawi, B Gregg, D Vasileva - Public Health, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Underweight or low body mass index (BMI) is an established risk factor for active
tuberculosis. Recent evidence, however, suggests that overweight is associated with lower …

Diabetes mellitus and its associated factors in tuberculosis patients in maekel region, eritrea: analytical cross-sectional study

ZZ Araia, AB Mesfin, AH Mebrahtu… - Diabetes, Metabolic …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Both diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) are among the leading
causes of morbidity and mortality in Eritrea. TB-DM comorbidity is known to complicate TB …

Primary drug resistance among tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus: a retrospective study among 7223 cases in China

W Song, Y Shao, J Liu, N Tao, Y Liu… - Infection and drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Given the high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) in China
and the worse outcome of TB-DM cases (refers to TB patients with diabetes), and drug …

Treatment outcomes in tuberculosis patients with diabetes: a polytomous analysis using Brazilian surveillance system

B Reis-Santos, T Gomes, R Locatelli, ER de Oliveira… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background The impact of non-communicable diseases on tuberculosis incidence has
received significant attention. It has been suggested that the risk of tuberculosis is higher …

[PDF][PDF] State of the art paper Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus–an underappreciated association

M Skowroński, D Zozulińska-Ziółkiewicz… - Archives of medical …, 2014 - termedia.pl
The current review presents up-to-date knowledge on tuberculosis (TB) in diabetic patients.
On the basis of available literature, there is little doubt about the close relationship between …