Sputum conversion and treatment success among tuberculosis patients with diabetes treated under the Tuberculosis Control Programme in an Urban setting in South India

• Main Authors: Velayutham Banurekha (Author), Tarun Bhatnagar (Author), Swaminathan Savithri (Author), Natarajan Dinesh Kumar (Author), Boopathi Kangusamy (Author), Sanjay Mehendale (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Studies from India on sputum conversion and tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes among TB patients with diabetes are limited. Objective: The objective of this study is to estimate the proportion of sputum smear conversion and successful treatment outcomes among diabetic-TB patients treat...