title: Tuberculosis and non-diabetic hyperglycemia: a challenge to public health management.
abstract: Diabetes and tuberculosis comorbidity is an emerging challenge for public health management. But the diagnostic criteria for diabetes is based on microvascular complications of diabetes and does not reflect the level of hyperglycemia which affects infectivity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Therefore the study protocols focussing on these comorbidities need to be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh 249203, India. Electronic address: docrajeev@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: Monil
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singhai
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015980:Public Health Practice; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*