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Tuberculosis and diabetes in southern Mexico.
Diabetes care - 1 Jul 2004
Ponce-De-Leon Alfredo, Garcia-Garcia Md Ma de Lourdes, Garcia-Sancho Ma Cecilia, Gomez-Perez Francisco J, Valdespino-Gomez Jose Luis, Olaiz-Fernandez Gustavo, Rojas Rosalba, Ferreyra-Reyes Leticia, Cano-Arellano Bulmaro, Bobadilla Miriam, Small Peter M, Sifuentes-Osornio Jose
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the impact of diabetes on the rates of tuberculosis in a region where both diseases are prevalent. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Data from a population-based cohort of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis undergoing clinical and mycobacteriologic evaluation (isolation, identification, drug-susceptibility testing, and IS6110-based genotyping and spoligotyping) were linked to the 2000...
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