Intensive Case Finding of Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus-Bidirectional Screening of Patients Attending a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Rural Telangana, India

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a communicable disease of global public health threat. Poor and vulnerable populations are mainly affected with it. In association with Diabetes Mellitus (DM), TB may get worsen as increased relapse rates, delayed sputum culture conversion, increase in the case fat...

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Main Authors: Kiranmai Sannithi, T Ashita Singh, Neelima Angali, Raghuram Prasad, Rajive Kumar Sureka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/16712/55850_CE_[Nik]_F[SK]_PF1(AG_SS)_PFA(AG_KM)_PN(KM).pdf