Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Vijay JaimniBarkur Ananthakrishna ShastySharath P MadhyasthaGanesh V ShettyRaviraja V AcharyaRagini BekurAkhila Doddamani

Published in: Pulmonary medicine (2021)

The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in pulmonary tuberculosis cases is very high. Hypovitaminosis D was associated with more severe clinical symptoms, higher sputum smear positivity, and extensive lesions in chest radiograph among pulmonary tuberculosis patients.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
newly diagnosed
mycobacterium tuberculosis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
risk factors
early onset
depressive symptoms
cystic fibrosis
patient reported