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Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Immunity of Tuberculosis Patients: A Retrospective, Cross-Sectional Study.

Ruda WeiPengchuan LiYong XueYinping LiuWen-Ping GongWeiguo Zhao
Published in: Risk management and healthcare policy (2022)
Hyperglycemia is a risk factor for pulmonary cavity formation and lobe lesions in patients with TB-DM and suppresses the absolute counts of total T lymphocytes, CD8+ T lymphocytes, and NK cells in patients with TB-DM. The potential mechanism may involve the downregulation of innate and adaptive immune responses.
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