Impaired glucose tolerance in pulmonary tuberculosis.
Glucose tolerance tests were performed in 80 cases; 30 with active pulmonary tuberculosis, 24 with nonspecific pulmonary infection and 26 controls. The new criteria were used for the diagnosis of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT). There was IGT in 4 cases in the tuberculous group, in 3 cases in the nonspecific pulmonary infection group and in none of the controls. The IGT returned to the normal limits in 3 tuberculous patients after 2 months of chemotherapy. This suggests that the higher incidence of IGT in tuberculosis is only associated with the active phase.
Gülbaş
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Atatürk Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Centre, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Erdoğan
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Balci
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D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000097:blood; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood*
D001786:Blood Glucose