Screening for prevalence of current TB disease and latent TB infection in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a diabetic clinic in an Indian tertiary care hospital

Pradipkumar Arvindbhai Dabhi; Balamugesh Thangakunam; Richa Gupta; Prince James; Nihal Thomas; Dukhabandhu Naik; Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0233385

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Screening for prevalence of current TB disease and latent TB infection in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a diabetic clinic in an Indian tertiary care hospital

Pradipkumar Arvindbhai Dabhi,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Balamugesh Thangakunam,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Richa Gupta,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Prince James,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
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Nihal Thomas,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Dukhabandhu Naik,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Jawaharlal Institute of postgraduate medical education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India
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Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: djchris@cmcvellore.ac.in

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-8494

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Screening for prevalence of current TB disease and latent TB infection in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending a diabetic clinic in an Indian tertiary care hospital

Pradipkumar Arvindbhai Dabhi,
Balamugesh Thangakunam,
Richa Gupta,
Prince James,
Nihal Thomas,
Dukhabandhu Naik,
Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher

Published: June 5, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233385

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