Table 3.
Causes of death among Maryland tuberculosis (TB) cases, by diabetes status
| Patients without diabetes (N = 19) | Patients with diabetes (N = 6) |
|---|---|
| Tuberculosis | |
| Pulmonary TB (3) | Pulmonary TB (2) |
| Pulmonary and CNS TB (1) | Miliary TB (1) |
| AIDS with disseminated TB (3) | |
| Pulmonary TB and pulmonary embolus (1) | |
| Diabetes | |
| N/A | Hypoglycemia (1) |
| Infection | |
| Community-acquired pneumonia (1) | Klebsiella pneumoniae septicemia in setting of end stage renal disease (1) |
| Pneumonia with sepsis (1) | Pneumonia with renal failure (1) |
| Pneumonia with sepsis complicated by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1) | |
| Cancer | |
| Lung cancer (2) | None |
| Metastatic lung cancer with brain metastases plus TB (1) | |
| Colon cancer with colon perforation and shock (1) | |
| Metastatic renal cell carcinoma with renal failure complicated by upper gastrointestinal bleed (1) | |
| Other | |
| Myocardial infarction (1) | None |
| Parkinson's disease plus TB (1) | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1) |
CNS = central nervous system; AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.