Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), which is on the increase in developing country like Nigeria, increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB). This study was carried out to detect TB in DM patient attending medical outpatient unit in State Specialist Hospital, Akure South West, Nigeria.Method: This was a cross-sectional study in which six hundred and forty eight DM patients attending the outpatient clinic were consecutively recruited after an informed consent...