Glycemic control in tuberculosis: Lessons learned from Taiwan
The global epidemic of diabetes and tuberculosis poses challenges to the control of both diseases. Patients with tuberculosis and diabetes experience worse clinical manifestations, increased risk of treatment failure, recurrence, and death. Diabetes is also associated with risk for latent tuberculos...
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| description | The global epidemic of diabetes and tuberculosis poses challenges to the control of both diseases. Patients with tuberculosis and diabetes experience worse clinical manifestations, increased risk of treatment failure, recurrence, and death. Diabetes is also associated with risk for latent tuberculosis infection. Management of hyperglycemia reduces the risk and improves the outcome of tuberculosis in diabetic patients. Recent epidemiological studies from Taiwan have provided new and important information on the benefits of metformin in tuberculosis. When addressing the issue of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a shortened anti-tuberculous therapeutic regime seems a feasible approach for better cure rates, with less loss-to-follow. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e6862a056124f87b4fae9ce3e339f862022-12-21T17:30:41ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAsian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine2352-41462019-01-01121043844110.4103/1995-7645.269903Glycemic control in tuberculosis: Lessons learned from TaiwanMin-Chih WangJorge CervantesThe global epidemic of diabetes and tuberculosis poses challenges to the control of both diseases. Patients with tuberculosis and diabetes experience worse clinical manifestations, increased risk of treatment failure, recurrence, and death. Diabetes is also associated with risk for latent tuberculosis infection. Management of hyperglycemia reduces the risk and improves the outcome of tuberculosis in diabetic patients. Recent epidemiological studies from Taiwan have provided new and important information on the benefits of metformin in tuberculosis. When addressing the issue of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, a shortened anti-tuberculous therapeutic regime seems a feasible approach for better cure rates, with less loss-to-follow.http://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2019;volume=12;issue=10;spage=438;epage=441;aulast=Wangdiabetestuberculosistaiwan |
| spellingShingle | Min-Chih Wang Jorge Cervantes Glycemic control in tuberculosis: Lessons learned from Taiwan Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine diabetes tuberculosis taiwan |
| title | Glycemic control in tuberculosis: Lessons learned from Taiwan |
| title_full | Glycemic control in tuberculosis: Lessons learned from Taiwan |
| title_fullStr | Glycemic control in tuberculosis: Lessons learned from Taiwan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Glycemic control in tuberculosis: Lessons learned from Taiwan |
| title_short | Glycemic control in tuberculosis: Lessons learned from Taiwan |
| title_sort | glycemic control in tuberculosis lessons learned from taiwan |
| topic | diabetes tuberculosis taiwan |
| url | http://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2019;volume=12;issue=10;spage=438;epage=441;aulast=Wang |
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