Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
Micro-nutrients are closely related to pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Most patients with PTB suffer from micro-nutrients deficiency. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
Do patients with tuberculosis benefit from micro-nutrients support during an anti-tuberculosis treatment?
Study design:
This review article included a total of 13 RCTs with a total of 2,847 participants.
The duration of the experimental group with micro-nutrients support was more than 2 weeks.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found micro-nutrients support significantly improved sputum smears [OR = 0.16, 95% CI = 0.03 to 0.77].
The investigators found micro-nutrients support significantly improved culture negative conversion rates [MD = -2.36, 95% CI = -4.72 to -0.01].
The investigators found micro-nutrients support significantly increased lymphocytes [MD = 0.20, 95% CI = 0.06 to 0.35].
The investigators found micro-nutrients support significantly decreased leukocytes, neutrophils, CRP and ESR.
The investigators found, however, micro-nutrients support had no impact on body weight, MUAC, haemoglobin, albumin or monocytes [p > 0.05].
The investigators concluded micro-nutrients support reduces chronic inflammation and improves sputum smears or culture conversions to contribute to anti-tuberculosis treatment.
Original title:
The effect of micro-nutrients on malnutrition, immunity and therapeutic effect in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials by Cai H, Chen L, […], Wang X.
Link:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33049436/
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