Internal Medicine
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-8048
ISSN: 2165-8048
Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky, USA
Short Communication
Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on Treatment Outcome of Newly Diagnosed Smear Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients
Author(s): Alan H Rosenstein*
The increase in the incidence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is an important risk and challenge to Tuberculosis (TB) control. The association between the two had been described many years ago by Avicenna, a Persian philosopher. The link of DM and TB is more prominent in developing countries where TB is endemic and the burden of DM is increasing... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2165-8048.21.s8.002