Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: convergence of two epidemics

KE Dooley, RE Chaisson - The Lancet infectious diseases, 2009 - thelancet.com
The link between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis has been recognised for centuries. In
recent decades, tuberculosis incidence has declined in high-income countries, but …

Immunological impacts of diabetes on the susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

B Ayelign, M Negash, M Genetu… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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) …

Diabetes and tuberculosis

BI Restrepo - Understanding the host immune response against …, 2018 - Springer
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 …

Implications of the global increase of diabetes for tuberculosis control and patient care

R Ruslami, RE Aarnoutse, B Alisjahbana… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To review the current knowledge about tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes,
assessing the implication of the global increase of diabetes for TB control and patient care …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of diabetes mellitus on treatment outcomes of patients with active tuberculosis

KE Dooley, T Tang, JE Golub, SE Dorman… - The American journal …, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an emerging chronic health condition of developed and
developing countries. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with active …

The effects of diabetes on tuberculosis treatment outcomes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

P Huangfu, C Ugarte-Gil, J Golub… - … of Tuberculosis and …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: Previous evidence synthesis has suggested diabetes mellitus (DM)
worsens tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes. However, these reviews are limited by the …

Diabetic mice display a delayed adaptive immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

T Vallerskog, GW Martens, H Kornfeld - The Journal of Immunology, 2010 - journals.aai.org
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) but the defect in protective
immunity responsible for this has not been defined. We previously reported that …

Tuberculosis comorbidity with communicable and noncommunicable diseases

M Bates, BJ Marais, A Zumla - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
The 18th WHO Global Tuberculosis Annual Report indicates that there were an estimated
8.6 million incident cases of tuberculosis (TB) in 2012, which included 2.9 million women …

The effect of diabetic control status on the clinical features of pulmonary tuberculosis

SW Park, JW Shin, JY Kim, IW Park, BW Choi… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
The aim of this study was to determine whether control status of diabetes mellitus influences
clinical and radiographic manifestations and treatment responses in patients with …

Host-pathogen interactions in tuberculosis patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

BI Restrepo, LS Schlesinger - Tuberculosis, 2013 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB) is known to be fueled by HIV as well as social and economic factors. With
progression of the diabetes mellitus (DM) pandemic in countries where TB is also endemic …