Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
Animut AlebelAmsalu Taye WondemagegnCheru TesemaGetiye Dejenu KibretFasil WagnewPammla PetruckaAmit AroraAmare Demsie AyeleMulunesh AlemayehuSetegn EshetiePublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2019)
Diabetes mellitus among tuberculosis patients in Sub-Saharan Africa was significantly high. Moreover, this study found that there was a high prevalence of DM among HIV infected than uninfected TB patients. It is strongly recommended to screen for DM among TB patients and special emphasis should be given for early screening of DM among TB/HIV co-infected patients.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- hiv infected
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- emergency department
- type diabetes
- antiretroviral therapy
- risk factors
- adipose tissue
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- weight loss
- high throughput
- south africa
- adverse drug