Screening diabetes mellitus patients for pulmonary tuberculosis: a multisite study in Indonesia, Peru, Romania and South Africa.

Bachti AlisjahbanaSusan M McAllisterCesar Ugarte-GilNicolae Mircea PanduruKatharina RonacherRaspati C KoesoemadinataCarlos ZubiateAnca Lelia RizaStephanus T MalherbeLeanie KleynhansSonia LopezHazel M DockrellRovina RuslamiMihai IoanaGerhard WalzlFiona PearsonJulia A CritchleyDavid A J MooreReinout van CrevelPhilip C Hill

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (2021)

These data support the World Health Organization recommendation for routine symptom-based screening for TB in known DM patients in high TB-burden countries. DM patients with any symptoms consistent with TB should be investigated and diagnostic tools should be easily accessible.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
mycobacterium tuberculosis
pulmonary tuberculosis
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
machine learning
big data
risk factors
clinical practice
mass spectrometry
weight loss
artificial intelligence
high speed