TB and Diabetes

The University of Texas School of Public Health team has now led three new studies that revealed key findings:

• Type 2 diabetes, especially Type 2 diabetes involving chronic high blood sugar, is associated with altered immune response to TB, and this was particularly marked in patients with chronically high blood sugar.
• Patients with diabetes and TB take longer to respond to anti-TB treatment.
• Patients with active tuberculosis and Type 2 diabetes are more likely to have multi-drug resistant TB.

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