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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2017, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (12): 1273-1277.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2017.12.004

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Treatment and care of pulmonary tuberculosis with diabetes mellitus

KANG Ying-ying, CHENG Zhi-feng   

  1. Department of Endocrinology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150001,China
  • Received:2017-08-31 Revised:2018-01-10 Online:2017-12-10 Published:2018-01-11
  • Contact: CHENG Zhi-feng,Email:18903602198@163.com

Abstract: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common chronic diseases that ser-iously endanger human life and health. Diabetes is an independent risk factor for tuberculosis, while tuberculosis can increase the metabolic disorders of diabetic patients, and easily lead to a variety of acute and chronic complications of diabetes. The coexistence of the two has become a major clinical problem, bringing new challenges and problems to the disease diagnosis and treatment. Therefore, we should further understand diabetes and tuberculosis and the relationship of the two in order to achieve better effectiveness in the treatment, and improve the cure rate of tuberculosis with diabetes.

Key words: Tuberculosis, pulmonary, Diabetes complications, Causality, Comorbidity, Patient care