Open AccessTuberculosis and diabetes in Nigerian patients with and without HIV
Author(s) -
Lovett Lawson,
Magdalena Muc,
Olanrewaju Oladimeji,
Chijioke Iweha,
Blessing Opoola,
Saddiq T. Abdurhaman,
John Bimba,
Luís E. Cuevas
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.06.014
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , tuberculosis , odds ratio , confidence interval , sputum , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , cross sectional study , sputum culture , immunology , endocrinology , pathology
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and HIV increase the risk of tuberculosis (TB). The frequency of DM among patients with TB with and without HIV is poorly documented in many low- and middle-income countries.
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