Impact of diabetes mellitus on clinical parameters and treatment outcomes of newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Thailand

• Main Authors: D. Duangrithi, V. Thanachartwet, V. Desakorn, P. Jitruckthai, K. Phojanamongkolkij, S. Rienthong, C. Chuchottaworn, P. Pitisuttithum
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/32092

Background To assess the clinical and laboratory parameters, response to therapy and development of antituberculosis (TB) drug resistance in pulmonary TB (PTB) patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and without DM. Methods Using a prospective design, 227 of 310 new cases of culture-positive PTB diagno...