To study the effect of various diabetic treatment regimens on the outcome of TB
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Dentistry - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Tuberculosis has been a major cause of suffering and death since times of immemorial. Similarly diabetes mellitus is also increasing rapidly. Another important challenge is the growing body of evidence suggesting diabetes as a risk factor for new as well as reactivated old TB cases. And the response to DOTS depends on the control of glucose level. Aims and Objective: To study the effect of various diabetic treatment regimens on the outcome of TB. Material and Method: in the present longitudinal study known diabetic patients who were recently diagnosed suffering from tuberculosis were followed till the completion of DOTS. Three groups were formed in the study. Group I consist of patients on only oral hypoglycemic drugs (OHA). Group II consist of patients on combination OHA and insulin. And in group III patients on only insulin were enrolled. Results: it was observed that maximum cure rate was of group I (100%) followed by group II (90%) and group I (80%). Conclusion: Outcome of tuberculosis was better in patients on insulin only as compared to other group of patients (OHA only and combination of OHA and insulin)
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Praveen Kumar G S, Carlos Noel Menezes, Meghalatha T S
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