Open AccessPulmonary tuberculosis patients with diabetes mellitus have a more severe degree of chest X-ray compared to pulmonary tuberculosis patients without diabetes mellitus
Author(s) -
Muhammad Ramzi,
Muslim Andala Putra,
Mohammad Subkhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
gaceta médica de caracas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.113
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2739-0012
pISSN - 0367-4762
DOI - 10.47307/gmc.2021.129.s2.25
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , pulmonary tuberculosis , tuberculosis , thorax (insect anatomy) , cardiology , surgery , pathology , endocrinology , anatomy
Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) cases increase along with the increase in diabetes mellitus (DM) cases. The purpose of this study is to compare the description of Thorax X-ray severity between pulmonary TB patients without DM and pulmonary TB patients with DM.