Review Article
Diabetes Mellitus as Hub for Tuberculosis Infection: A Snapshot
Table 1
Showing differences in clinical characteristics between TB and DM-TB.
| Characteristics | TB | DM-TB |
| Age | Not defined and persisting at any age | Usually persisting in adults and in old age | Gender | Men or women | Persisting more in men | Symptoms | Higher body weight loss, less fatigue, low breathlessness, less hemoptysis, more fever, more expectoration | Lesser body weight loss, more fatigue, higher breathlessness, more hemoptysis, less fever, lower expectoration | Pulmonary/ extrapulmonary | Both pulmonary and extrapulmonary involvement | Only pulmonary and few extrapulmonary involvement | Hemoglobin level | Anemia | HbA1C is higher | Diagnosis | Can be diagnosed | Difficulty in diagnosis |
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