Frecuencia de diabetes mellitus en pacientes con tratamiento para tuberculosis en Colombia

Introduction: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Diabetes Mellitus is among the risk factors for the development of Tuberculosis. People with active Tuberculosis and diabetes can be negatively complicated by the results of Tuberculosis treatment, delaying the time of microbiological response which increases the probability of an unfavorable result and the risk of relapse, drug resistance, and death in some cases.Objective. To establish the prevalence of Diabetes mellitus and its correlation with risk factors in patients with Tuberculosis who underwent treatment in a public Hospital in Valledupar, Colombia. Material and Methods. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out in all cases diagnosed with Tuberculosis that underwent treatment in a public Hospital in Valledupar, Colombia. The diagnosis of diabetes was made with the use of a test to measure basal glycemia, the clinical histories of the patients, and surveys. All participants were surveyed for the evaluation of risk factors.Results. Of the 70 patients with Tuberculosis, 8 (11.4%) were diagnosed with DM. It was observed that the age> 40 years (p = 0.030) constitutes a risk factor for the TB-DM binomial; but there was no statistically significant difference with regard to sex, alcohol consumption, tobacco consumption, HIV, and body mass index (p> 0.05).Conclusions. The prevalence of Diabetes mellitus-Tuberculosis binomial in the Hospital studied corresponds to the figures established by the World Health Organization (WHO).Key words: Tuberculosis, Diabetes mellitus, TB-DM comorbidity, risk factors, Colombia, correlation between diabetes and tuberculosis. Introducción: La tuberculosis es una enfermedad infectocontagiosa causada por el Mycobacterium tuberculosis; entre los factores de riesgo para su desarrollo se encuentra la diabetes mellitus. Las personas con Tuberculosis activa y diabetes pueden complicarse negativamente en los resultados del tratamiento de la Tuberculosis, retrasando el tiempo de respuesta microbiológica, lo que aumenta la probabilidad de un resultado no favorable y aumenta el riego de recaídas, la resistencia a fármaco y la muerte en algunos casos.Objetivo: Establecer la frecuencia de diabetes mellitus en pacientes con tuberculosis que estaban en tratamiento en un Hospital público en Valledupar, Colombia; y su correlación con los factores de riesgo.Material y Métodos: Se efectuó un estudio descriptivo transversal, en todos los cas