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  • Title: [Pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus--report of the 29th B series of controlled trials of chemotherapy. Cooperative Study Unit of Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis of National Sanatoria in Japan (CSUCTNS)].
    Author: Hiro Y.
    Journal: Kekkaku; 1989 Nov; 64(11):699-705. PubMed ID: 2593461.
    Abstract:
    The data obtained from 315 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis with positive sputum and complicated with diabetes mellitus were collected and the results were summarized as follows; 1) Patients were collected from admitted patients in 1983. 2) Ratio of male to female was 3.3 to 1. 3) Most patients (80.1%) were in the age groups over 50. 4) Patients were divided into two groups according to the degree of control of diabetes: one group was well controlled and the other was not. Bacilli negative conversion rate was 98.4% in the well controlled group and 91.6% in the other group at 6 months, and the difference was statistically significant.
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