Transient Hyperglycemia in Patients With Tuberculosis in Tanzania: Implications for Diabetes Screening Algorithms

Noémie Boillat‐Blanco, Kaushik Ramaiya, Maliwasa Mganga, Lilian Tina Minja, Pascal Bovet, Christian Schindler, Arnold von Eckardstein, Sébastien Gagneux, Claudia Daubenberger, Klaus Reither,

The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2015 · 128 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

Transient hyperglycemia is frequent during tuberculosis, and DM needs confirmation after tuberculosis treatment. Performance of DM screening at tuberculosis diagnosis gives the opportunity to detect patients at risk of adverse outcome.

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