Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Patil Shital

Publications

• Research Article
  Tuberculosis with Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical-Radiological Overlap and Delayed Sputum Conversion Needs Cautious Evaluation-Prospective Cohort Study in Tertiary Care Hospital, India
  Author(s): Patil Shital, Jadhav Anil, Mundkar Sanjay and Phutane MukundPatil Shital, Jadhav Anil, Mundkar Sanjay and Phutane Mukund
  
  Background: In India, 15% of pulmonary tuberculosis cases have been estimated to be attributable to DM. Clinical presentation of Tuberculosis and Diabetes is overlapping many times, difficult to differentiate one from other. Although DM has been associated with increased risk of TB treatment failure or relapse, and diminished 2-month and 6-month culture conversion rates, neither international guidelines nor India’s Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) currently recommend active screening of TB patients for detection of DM. Methods: Prospective study conducted at MIMSR Medical College Latur, India during Jan. 2011 to Nov. 2013 included 200 cases of TB with Diabetes Mellitus (DM), compared with 200 cases of TB without DM. Objectives of study were to correlate impact of DM on sputum conversion rate and on clinic-radiological pattern. Results: PTB was ob.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000175

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