title: Clinical characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis in adult Pakistani patients with co-existing diabetes mellitus.
abstract: A review was made of the records of all patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus admitted over a 5-year period to a teaching hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. Among 42358 patients, the total number with both tuberculosis and diabetes was 173. The prevalence of tuberculosis in diabetic patients was 10-times higher than in non-diabetic patients and prevalence increased with duration of diabetes. The lower lung field was most frequently involved, followed by the upper and middle. Bilateral involvement was seen in half and an associated pleural effusion in one-third of the patients. Cavitating lesions were seen in 32% of men and 15% of women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. abdul.jabbar@akunet.org
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jabbar
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D003371:Cough / Q000382:microbiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*