By Ethan Covey
Diabetes is often underdiagnosed among people living with HIV, and screening of serum glucose levels may help identify patients at risk, according to data presented at the 32nd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), in Lisbon, Portugal.
“Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common comorbidities in people living with HIV, with a prevalence that is up to four times higher than the general population,” said Omer Bar Ziv, MSc, a