Impact of Diabetes and Smoking on Mortality in Tuberculosis

George W. Reed; Hongjo Choi; So Young Lee; Myungsun Lee; Youngran Kim; Hyemi Park; Jongseok Lee; Xin Zhan; Hyeungseok Kang; SooHee Hwang; Matthew Carroll; Ying Cai; Sang-Nae Cho; Clifton E. Barry III; Laura E. Via; Hardy Kornfeld

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058044

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Impact of Diabetes and Smoking on Mortality in Tuberculosis

George W. Reed,

Affiliation Department of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Hongjo Choi,

Affiliation International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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So Young Lee,

Affiliation International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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Myungsun Lee,

Affiliation International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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Youngran Kim,

Affiliation International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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Hyemi Park,

Affiliation International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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Jongseok Lee,

Affiliation International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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Xin Zhan,

Affiliation Information Services Department, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Hyeungseok Kang,

Affiliation National Masan Tuberculosis Hospital, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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SooHee Hwang,

Affiliation National Masan Tuberculosis Hospital, Changwon, Republic of Korea
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Matthew Carroll,

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Disease, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Ying Cai,

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Disease, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Sang-Nae Cho,

Affiliations International Tuberculosis Research Center, Changwon, Republic of Korea, Department of Microbiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Clifton E. Barry III,

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Disease, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Laura E. Via,

Affiliation Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Disease, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Hardy Kornfeld

* E-mail: hardy.kornfeld@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Impact of Diabetes and Smoking on Mortality in Tuberculosis

George W. Reed,
Hongjo Choi,
So Young Lee,
Myungsun Lee,
Youngran Kim,
Hyemi Park,
Jongseok Lee,
Xin Zhan,
Hyeungseok Kang,
SooHee Hwang

Published: February 28, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058044

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