A Study of Treatment Outcomes in Patients with Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus on DOTS Therapy in Goa
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is known to adversely affect treatment outcome in tuberculosis patients. Poor glycemic control can delay the time to sputum smear conversion from positive to negative in tuberculosis patients and increases the risk of recurrent tuberculosis and deaths due to tuberculosis. This study was conducted to study link between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis treatment outcome. Material and methods: This descriptive study was carried out using records maintained under Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme, Goa. All tuberculosis patients registered from 1st July 2014 to 30th June 2015 under two Tuberculosis units (TU) were included in this study. Data on diabetes mellitus status, sputum smear conversion at end of intensive phase and treatment outcome at the end of the treatment were analyzed Results: Out of 897 tuberculosis patients analyzed, 140 (16%) had diabetes, most of them belonged to 40-59 years age group (55%), followed next by 60-79 years (23%). Although there was no effect of diabetes mellitus on sputum smear conversion, higher failure rate was seen in tuberculosis patients with diabetes compared to tuberculosis patients without diabetes.
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Rupchandra Navelkar, Ian Pereira- Antao, Frederick Satiro Vaz
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