The Interaction of Diabetes and Tuberculosis: Translating Research to Policy and Practice.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes Mellitus increases the risk of developing Tuberculosis (TB) disease by about three times; it also doubles the risk of death during TB treatment and other poor TB treatment outcomes. Diabetes may increase the risk of latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (LTBI), but the magnitude of this effect is less clear. Whilst this syndemic has received considerable attention, most of the published research has focussed on screening for undiagnosed diabetes in TB patients or observational follow-up of TB treatment outcomes by diabetes status. There are thus substantial research and policy gaps, particularly with regard to prevention of TB disease in people with diabetes and management of patients with TB-diabetes, both during TB treatment and after successful completion of TB treat

SUBMITTER: van Crevel R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7838867 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature