The co-management of tuberculosis and diabetes: challenges and opportunities in the developing world

Timothy Sullivan; Yanis Ben Amor

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001269

The co-management of tuberculosis and diabetes: challenges and opportunities in the developing world

PLoS Med. 2012;9(7):e1001269. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001269. Epub 2012 Jul 24.

Authors

Timothy Sullivan¹, Yanis Ben Amor

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.

Abstract

Yanis Ben Amor and Timothy Sullivan call for more research to examine whether the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes in TB patients may improve TB outcomes and patient survival.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Asia, Southeastern / epidemiology
Cooperative Behavior
Developing Countries* / statistics & numerical data
Diabetes Complications / complications*
Diabetes Complications / economics
Diabetes Complications / epidemiology
Diabetes Complications / therapy*
Humans
Tuberculosis / complications*
Tuberculosis / economics
Tuberculosis / epidemiology
Tuberculosis / therapy*