Clinical and epidemiological aspects of cases of tuberculosis associated with diabetes in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.

Authors :: Leal SB
Araújo GS
Nery JS
Santos CAST
Oliveira MG
Barreto ML
Pereira SM
Source :: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical [Rev Soc Bras Med Trop] 2017 May-Jun; Vol. 50 (3), pp. 408-412.
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: Introduction:: This study compares the clinical and epidemiological features of patients with TB, with and without DM.<br />Methods: New cases of active pulmonary TB that occurred in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil between 2008 and 2010 were included. DM was diagnosed by based on diagnostic criteria established by the American Diabetes Association.<br />Result: S: Of the 323 cases of TB, 44 (13.6%) were diabetic . Patients with TB and DM were older (44.7%), with a high level of education (34.%); had slow wound healing (23.4%) and fatigue (61.7%).<br />Conclusions: Clinical symptoms differed between patients with TB, with and without DM.

Subjects :: Adolescent
Adult
Brazil epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Socioeconomic Factors
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary epidemiology
Young Adult
Diabetes Mellitus epidemiology
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary complications

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