RADIOLOGICAL PATTERN OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN DIABETICS VISITING A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 85
Abstract
BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Pulmonary TB is a major public health problem in developing countries especially in India. India is the country with the highest burden of TB. The number of people with diabetes has risen from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. Diabetes is fuelling the spread of Tuberculosis. In India, in 2000, calculation suggested that diabetes accounted for 14.8% of PTB and 20.2% of Smear-Positive TB patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Chest & TB in Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre. RESULTS A total of 123 patients were taken and lower zone distribution was found to be maximum among them. CONCLUSION It is observed from the study that sputum positivity is more than sputum negativity in Diabetics. It is also found that cavity was 40% in diabetics compared to general population.
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Sindhura Koganti, Lithya Kumari S, Ashly Thomas, Hari Prasad B, Rajagopalan B, Chandrasekar C
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