Methyl-Prednisolone in Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Diabetes Mellitus

Methyl-prednisolone in pulmonary tuberculosis with diabetes mellitus.

Both diabetes mellitus and pulmonary tuberculosis were regarded as-contraindications to cortico-steroid therapy when such treatment first became available. Steroids have now become standard adjuvant therapy to the usual anti-tuberculous drugs in most cases of fulminant pulmonary tuberculosis and the Tuberculosis Society of Scotland report (I957, 1958) confirmed the value of such combined treatm...

Pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with diabetes mellitus.

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus has been reported to modify the presenting features of pulmonary tuberculosis, but there are varying data, particularly regarding the association with lower lung field involvement. OBJECTIVES To determine whether diabetes mellitus alters the clinical and radiographic manifestations of tuberculosis in nonimmunocompromised hosts and to define the determinants of low...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Diabetes Mellitus

Effect of Poor Glycemic Control in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus

Background: There is growing evidence that diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important risk factor for tuberculosis (TB). A significant number of DM patients have poor glycemic control. This study was carried out to find the impact of poor glycemic control on newly diagnosed smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary care hospital.Methods: In a hospita...

The Study of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Diabetes Mellitus Patients

OBJECTIVES: Clinical and radiological study of pulmonary tuberculosis in diabetic patients. METHODS: 100 cases of diabetes mellitus with pulmonary tuberculosis were studied.Their clinical profile and chest radiograph results were analyzed. RESULTS: The predominant clinical symptoms noted were anorexia (80%), cough (73%), fever (56%). 62.5% of male patients were smokers.Clubbing was noted in 10%...