Oxidative stress, antioxidant status and lipid profile in pulmonary tuberculosis patients before and after anti-tubercular therapy.

Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a highly infectious dreadful disease caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Numerous studies reported free radicals activity, antioxidant status and lipid profile in PTB patients, but previous studies have lacunae in comparing the biochemical variables between before and after anti-tubercular therapy (ATT) supplementation to PTB patients. Hence, the present study was carried out to investigate oxidative stress markers, antioxidant status, lipid profile, liver function markers, and glycoprotein components in pulmonary tuberculosis patients (PTB) patients before and after 60 days of ATT.