Right nephrectomy was done. Histopathologically proved it to be tuberculous kidney. Extrapulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis are widespread with one of the major systems of involvement being the ...

Background: Patients on anti-tuberculosis treatment may develop acute kidney injury (AKI), but little is known about the renal outcome and prognostic factors, especially in an aging population.

This patient had received complete ATT for pulmonary tuberculosis. Despite this, he developed extensive renal disease. Therefore, in patients with a history of treated primary tuberculosis, physicians ...

Introduction Individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing renal replacement therapy (RRT) are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). Timely identification and treatment of latent TB ...

Survivors of TB may benefit from improved linkage to care, with post-treatment mortality associated with HIV, alcohol use, diabetes, and end-stage kidney disease.

They go on to propose chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid or three months of rifampicin and isoniazid, with above 60% effectiveness at preventing subsequent tuberculosis. Guidelines at a large renal ...

It’s estimated that kidney stones are responsible for nearly a half-million emergency room visits every year in the U.S., yet ...

Tuberculosis is categorized as an airborne infection that usually attacks the lungs, but health experts said that the infection can also impact any part of the body including the kidney ...

Chest echography reveals a 21mm-thick pleural effusion. QuantiFERON TB gold test is positive prompting transfer to a specialized tuberculosis clinic. On patient follow-up kidney function returned to ...

[11] Because the elderly are more vulnerable to drug-induced AKI and usually have poor renal recovery, [14,15] AKI during anti-TB treatment may be more common and serious in Taiwan, where more ...