Clinical, laboratory, and radiographic aspects of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and dysglycemia and tuberculosis treatment outcomes.
André Luiz BezerraAdriana da Silva Rezende MoreiraLorrayne Isidoro GonçalvesCarla F Dos Santos LaraGustavo AmorimElisangela C SilvaAfrânio Lineu KritskiAnna Cristina Calçada CarvalhoPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2022)
PTB patients with dysglycemia had laboratory and radiographic manifestations indicative of more advanced disease, and the risk of death was higher in the DMTB group. These findings reinforce the recommendation for early screening for DM in patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis in order to reduce the risk of death during treatment.