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Tuberculosis-diabetes mellitus bidirectional screening at a tertiary care centre, South India

Brahma Prakash, K S Ravish, Bellur S. Prabhakar, T S Ranganath, B. Naik, Srinath Satyanarayana, Petros Isaakidis, A. M. V. Kumar

Public Health Action · 2013 · 44 citations · 9 references

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Bidirectional screening for DM and TB is feasible and produces a high yield for DM among TB patients. The yield of TB among DM patients was low and needs future research using new, improved TB diagnostic tools.

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