Abstract
During the period from 1955 through 1966, we had 53 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis accompanied with diabetes in our sanatorium. The percentage of this complication to 5373 hospitalized pulmonary tuberculous patients in this decade is 0.99%. 42 were men, 11 were women. 33 of 53 cases had relatively mild diabetes.
At first, we put together unconditionally the several factors that may have important influence on the result of chemotherapy, and compared the therapeutic effect of pulmonary tuberculosis between the group of patients with diabetes and without diabetes.
As a result, it is suggested that the therapeutic effect of the non-diabetic group is better than that of the diabetic group.
Then we compared the effect in the matched pair of both groups with the same several factors. In this way, there was no appreciable difference of effect in the matched pair and this effect was independent of severity of diabetes.
Of the 53 patients, 16 underwent thoracic surgery. One of these 16 had a complication of bronchial fistula. Other patients did well following surgery.
From this study, it appears justifiable to conclude that the effects of treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis with diabetes who receive adequate therapy should be similiar to that of the non-diabetic tuberculous patients.
