25-OH vitamin D3 level in tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary care center :Surajit Chatterjee, Pratik Biswas, Rituparna Bose, Megha Agarwal, The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians

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Year : 2022 | Volume : 10 | Issue : 2 | Page : 89--96

25-OH vitamin D3 level in tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary care center

Surajit Chatterjee¹, Pratik Biswas², Rituparna Bose³, Megha Agarwal⁴
¹ Department of TB and Respiratory Medicine, IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
² ILS Hospitals, Howrah, West Bengal, India
³ Department of TB and Respiratory Medicine, Diamond Harbour Government Medical College and Hospital, West Bengal, India
⁴ Calcutta Skin Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Correspondence Address:
Rituparna Bose
Department of TB and Respiratory Medicine, Diamond Harbour Government Medical College, 210 Panch Masjid Road, Thakurpukur, Kolkata 700063, West Bengal
India

Abstract Introduction: The immunomodulatory role of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OH vitamin D3) has been under evaluation for a long time. As tuberculosis (TB) and MDR-TB continue to be global health problems, evaluation of the role of 25-OH vitamin D3 deficiency in TB and its relation with bacillary load may help us in formulating a preventive therapy for the disease. Aims and Objectives: To assess serum 25-OH vitamin D levels in patients suffering from TB for the first time and to find the relation between serum 25-OH vitamin D levels in patients with bacillary load in respiratory samples. Results: The serum 25-OH vitamin D level was analyzed for bacillary load in the respiratory specimen in this study, which revealed that as the serum 25-OH vitamin D level decreased, the bacillary load was found to increase in the respiratory specimen.

How to cite this article:
Chatterjee S, Biswas P, Bose R, Agarwal M. 25-OH vitamin D3 level in tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary care center.J Assoc Chest Physicians 2022;10:89-96

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Chatterjee S, Biswas P, Bose R, Agarwal M. 25-OH vitamin D3 level in tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary care center. J Assoc Chest Physicians [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Mar 28 ];10:89-96
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