Mutual Impact of Diabetes Mellitus and Tuberculosis in China.

Author: Jun CHENG ¹ ; Hui ZHANG ¹ ; Yan Lin ZHAO ¹ ; Li Xia WANG ¹ ; Ming Ting CHEN ¹
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1. National Center for Tuberculosis Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: China; Diabetes mellitus; Impact; Tuberculosis
MeSH: China; epidemiology; Coinfection; epidemiology; etiology; microbiology; Diabetes Mellitus; epidemiology; etiology; Epidemics; Mass Screening; economics; Prevalence; Tuberculosis; epidemiology; microbiology; Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant; epidemiology; microbiology
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2017;30(5):384-389
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: China has a double burden of diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis, and many studies have been carried out on the mutual impact of these two diseases. This paper systematically reviewed studies conducted in China covering the mutual impact of epidemics of diabetes and tuberculosis, the impact of diabetes on multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and on the tuberculosis clinical manifestation and treatment outcome, the yields of bi-directional screening, and economic evaluation for tuberculosis screening among diabetes patients.