Effect of age on presentation with diabetes: Comparison of nondiabetic patients with new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Effect of age on presentation with diabetes: Comparison of nondiabetic patients with new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been reported to modify the presenting features of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB), but data regarding the effect of diabetes on the presentation of PTB are highly variable. Objective: To determine whether DM alters the demographic, clinical, and radiological mani...

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Main Authors: Jagdish Rawat, Girish Sindhwani, Debasish Biswas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Comparative study
diabetes mellitus
pulmonary tuberculosis
radiology
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2011;volume=28;issue=3;spage=187;epage=190;aulast=Rawat

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