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| Title: | Clinical and epidemiological aspects of cases of tuberculosis associated with diabetes in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. |
| Authors: | Leal, Sâmia Barreto
Araújo, Gleide Santos de
Nery, Joilda Silva
Santos, Carlos Antonio de Souza Teles
Oliveira, Maeli Gomes de
Barreto, Mauricio Lima
Pereira, Susan Martins |
| Keywords: | Tuberculosis;Diabetes;Symptoms |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
| Abstract: | Introduction: This study compares the clinical and epidemiological features of patients with TB, with and without DM.
Methods: New cases of active pulmonary TB that occurred in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil between 2008 and 2010 were included. DM was
diagnosed by based on diagnostic criteria established by the American Diabetes Association. Results: Of the 323 cases of TB,
44 (13.6%) were diabetic. Patients with TB and DM were older (44.7%), with a high level of education (34.%); had slow wound
healing (23.4%) and fatigue (61.7%). Conclusions: Clinical symptoms differed between patients with TB, with and without DM. |
| URI: | http://repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/26922 |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigos Publicados em Periódicos Nacionais (ISC)
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