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Tuberculosis treatment and resulting abnormal blood glucose: a scoping review of studies from 1981 - 2021.

Victor WilliamsChukwuemeka OnwuchekwaAlinda G VosDiederick E GrobbeeKennedy OtwombeKerstin Klipstein-Grobusch
Published in: Global health action (2022)
Elevated blood glucose in normoglycaemic patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis decreased by the end of treatment. Positive HIV status did not affect glucose changes during treatment. Further research is needed to investigate post-treatment morbidity in patients with baseline hyperglycaemia and the effects of HIV on the association between blood glucose and tuberculosis.
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