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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 546-549.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2021.06.005

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Discussion on the comorbidities and management of tuberculosis in China

CHEN Qiu-qi*, DENG Guo-fang()   

  1. *Graduate School of Guangdong Medical University, Zhanjiang 524023, China
  • Received:2021-02-17 Online:2021-06-10 Published:2021-06-02
  • Contact: DENG Guo-fang E-mail:jxxk1035@yeah.net

Abstract:

With the increase of coexisting diseases in tuberculosis patients, comorbidities of tuberculosis have attracted more attention. Researches on comorbidities are no lack in China, but the concept of comorbidity is rarely used in the field of tuberculosis, the management of comorbidity between tuberculosis and other diseases needs more improvement. The expression and use of comorbidity, and the role and significance of tuberculosis and comorbidities management were summarized to further explore the related problems.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Comorbidity, Concept, Epidemics, Disease management