据墨西哥研究人员报道,一种富含胆固醇的饮食似乎可加速肺结核患者痰中的结核杆菌死亡;尽管尚需深入研究以确定其作用机制,但胆固醇有可能成为一种抗结核的辅助疗法。来自于墨西哥INER的Mario H.Vargas博士及其同事在近期的《胸腔》杂志上刊文指出,肺结核患者的低胆固醇血症较为多见,且与死亡率关联。 According to Mexican researchers, a cholesterol-rich diet appears to accelerate the death of tuberculosis in sputum from patients with tuberculosis. Cholesterol may become an anti-TB adjunct therapy, although more research remains to be done to determine its mechanism of action. Dr. Mario H. Vargas, INER, Mexico, and colleagues report in a recent chest magazine that hypocholesterolemia is more common in tuberculosis patients and is associated with mortality.