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Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (1): 87-90.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-6621.2021.01.016

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Progress in the treatment and management of tuberculosis complicated with diabetes

YANG Min, FU Liang, DENG Guo-fang()   

  1. The Second Department of Pulmonary Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital Affiliated to Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518112, China
  • Received:2020-12-03 Online:2021-01-10 Published:2021-01-12
  • Contact: DENG Guo-fang E-mail:jxxk1035@yeah.net

Abstract:

It is estimated that the number of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) may increase to 700 million by 2045 in the world, and about 16% of tuberculosis patients may have DM, so the double burden caused by tuberculosis complicated with diabetes mellitus (TB-DM) will become a major global public health problem. Diabetes (including type 1 and type 2) can increase the risk of getting active tuberculosis. Compared with the patients who only have tuberculosis, the patients with TB-DM have worse treatment outcomes. Therefore, the increasing incidence of diabetes will not only increase the risk of having tuberculosis, but also pose a serious challenge to the treatment and management of tuberculosis. In this article, the authors reviewed the following issues related to TB-DM: the two-way screening, interactions of the two diseases, treatment and management, and drug interactions, etc.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Diabetes mellitus, Comorbidity, Practice management,medical, Drug therapy,combination, Drug interactions, Review