Diabetes Mellitus and Treatment Outcomes among Patients of Tuberculosis: A Review

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing in India whichcould be a threat to the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme.This review aims to find the association of diabetes with treatmentoutcomes among patients with tuberculosis (TB). Scrutiny of variousonline search engines provided many research articles that wereassessed in detail. Out of hundreds of articles, 9 studies indicated thatthe prevalence of DM varied from 5% to 66% and was associated withdelay in recovery of patients suffering from TB and higher mortality.Early detection of DM among TB patients and TB among DM patientsis a beneficial strategy. How to cite this article:Hemrajani P, Kishore J. Diabetes Mellitusand Treatment Outcomes among Patients ofTuberculosis: A Review. Epidem Int. 2024;9(3):18-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2455.7048.202410