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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION
卷 135, 期 3, 页码 483-491出版社
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006935
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R21 AI056207] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMHD NIH HHS [P20 MD000170, MD000170 020] Funding Source: Medline
The epidemic of type 2 diabetes In the United States prompted us to explore the association between diabetes and tuberculosis (TB) on the South Texas-Mexico border, in a large population of mostly non-hospitalized TB patients. We examined 6 years of retrospective data from all TB patients (n=5049) in South Texas and northeastern Mexico ad found diabetes self-reported by 27.8% of Texan and 17.8% of Mexican TB patients, significantly exceeding national self-reported diabetes rates for both countries. Diabetes comorbidity substantially exceeded that of HIV/AIDS. Patients with TB and diabetes were older, more likely to have haemoptysis, pulmonary cavitations, be smear positive at diagnosis, and remain positive at the end of the first (Texas) or second (Mexico) month of treatment. The impact of type 2 diabetes on TB is underappreciated, and in the light of its epidemic status in many countries, it should be actively considered by TB control programmes, particularly in older patients.
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