Abstract:

The comorbidity of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes (DM) is becoming a big clinical challenge. It requires physicians from TB and DM teams to work together to decide treatment plans and conduct follow-up management in order to further increase cure rate and reduce mortality. The Expert consensus on treatment and management of tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus comorbidity was published on the first issue of 2021 in the Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis. This consensus offered management recommendations for frequently met problems during the treatment of TB-DM. We hereby further interpret the concept of TB-DM comorbidity, the management of diabetes, adverse drug reactions and precautions during treatment for clinicians in our country when taking care of patients with TB-DM.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Diabetes mellitus, Combined modality therapy, Practice management, medical, Drug therapy, combination, Consensus development conferences as topic, Comment, problembased learning