The increased prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk factors in people
hospitalized with severe COVID-19 illness has engendered considerable interest in the …

Obesity is associated with metabolic disturbances that cause tissue stress and dysfunction.
Obese individuals are at a greater risk for chronic disease and often present with clinical …

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in 2012 in Saudi
Arabia and has caused over 2400 cases and more than 800 deaths. Epidemiological …

The interaction between diabetes and major world infections like TB is a major public health
concern because of rapidly rising levels of diabetes. The dual burden of tuberculosis (TB) …

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 …

Diabetes has been recognized as an important risk factor for a variety of intracellular
bacterial infections, but research into the dysregulated immune mechanisms contributing to …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis (TB), is an extremely
successful pathogen that adapts to survive within the host. During the latency phase of …

The dual burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes has attracted much attention in the past
decade as diabetes prevalence has increased dramatically in countries already afflicted with …

Background To assess the influence of diabetes mellitus (DM), glycemic control, and
diabetes-related comorbidities on manifestations and outcome of treatment of pulmonary …