| Literature DB >> 27382084 |
Tahnee Bridson1, Brenda Govan2, Natkunam Ketheesan2, Robert Norton3.
Abstract
Diabetes predisposes patients to bacterial infections. Although diabetes confers susceptibility to tuberculosis, the association between nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections and diabetes remains unknown. A retrospective chart analysis of patients in northern Australia during a 20-year period with soft tissue NTM infections revealed that patients with diabetes were three times overrepresented in comparison to the general population (odds ratio = 3.13). There was a statistically significant association between NTM infections and diabetes in this patient cohort (P = 0.0082). © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27382084 PMCID: PMC5014253 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0104
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345