Metformin use and post-exposure incident tuberculosis: a nationwide tuberculosis-contact cohort study in Taiwan.

Sheng-Wei PanJia-Yih FengYung-Feng YenFan-Yi ChuangHsiang-Shi ShenVincent Yi-Fong SuPei-Hung ChuangYu-Jiun ChanWei-Juin Su

Published in: ERJ open research (2020)

This TB contact cohort study showed that the risk of incident TB, not coprevalent TB, was highest in the diabetes group without metformin use during TB exposure, followed by the nondiabetes population, and was lowest in the diabetes group with metformin use https://bit.ly/3fpJyF0.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
pulmonary tuberculosis
glycemic control
metabolic syndrome
hepatitis c virus