Abstract |
Tuberculosis developed in 40 out of 978 chronic renal failure (CRF) patients with or without renal replacement therapy during a five-year period. The incidence was 4.1% and was 10 times higher than that in the general population. The onset of symptoms was within 1 year after dialysis or kidney transplantation in 68% of the patients. 82.5% of them had predominantly extrapulmonary tuberculosis and most of these were lymph node infection. The diagnosis of tuberculosis in these patients was difficult; tuberculin sensitivity was present only in 6.4% of the patients and examination of sputum and other fluid for mycobacteria was usually unrewarding. Detecting serum anti- PPD- IgG level might be a valuable supplementary diagnostic method, because 85% of patients with active tuberculosis showed positive results. Measuring serous exudate and urine anti- PPD- IgG level by ELISA or M. Tuberculosis DNA by PCR might be helpful in the diagnosis of tuberculous serositis and urinary tract mycobacterial infection.
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Authors | X Zhang, F Hou, D Wei |
Journal | Zhonghua nei ke za zhi
(Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi)
Vol. 34
Issue 10
Pg. 666-9
(Oct 1995)
ISSN: 0578-1426 [Print] China |
PMID | 8731826
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- China
(epidemiology)
- Female
- Humans
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
(complications, therapy)
- Kidney Transplantation
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prognosis
- Renal Dialysis
- Retrospective Studies
- Tuberculosis
(epidemiology, etiology)
- Tuberculosis, Lymph Node
(epidemiology, etiology)
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