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Chapter-33 Tuberculosis in Chronic Renal Failure

BOOK TITLE: Tuberculosis

Author
1. Agarwal SK
ISBN
9788184485141
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10992_33
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2009
Pages
14
Author Affiliations
1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, New Delhi, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi, India
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Abstract

This chapter begins with an overview of the pathogenesis of TB in patients with chronic renal failure. The burden of Tb in patients with chronic renal failure is then described. Clinical presentation of TB in patients with chronic renal failure receiving maintenance hemodialysis and renal transplant recipients as documented in various published studies are presented in exhaustive detail. The diagnostic work-up and treatment are discussed then. Antituberculosis drug dosage modification is also clarified. Treatment of latent TB infection in patients with renal failure, nontuberculous mycobacterial infections are also dealt with.

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