Successful medical eradication of tuberculous paranephric abscess in renal transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1288-1290

  Wong, Teresa Y H ^a   Szeto, Cheuk Chun ^a   Ho, Kelvin K L ^a   Leung, Chi Bon ^a   Li, Philip K T ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Paranephric abscess; Renal transplant; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032922516     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.5.1288     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Lichtenstein JH, Macgregor RR. Mycobacterial infections in renal transplant patients. Report of 5 cases and review of the literature. Rev Infect Dis 1983; 5: 216-226
2. Lloveras J, Peterson PK, Simmons RL, Najarian JS. Mycobacterial infections in renal transplant patients. Arch Intern Med 1982; 142: 888-892
3. Malhotra KK, Dash SC, Dhawan IK, Bhuyan UN, Gupta A. Tuberculosis and renal transplantation - observations from an endemic area of tuberculosis. Post Med J 1986; 62: 359-362
4. Chan HS. Tuberculosis; In: Sung JY, Li PKT, Sanderson JE, Woo J, eds. Textbook of clinical medicine for Asia. The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong 1998; 143
5. George TJ, Thomas PP, Thomas M, Jeyaseelan L, Jacob CK, Shastry JCM. A double blind randomized controlled trial of primary isoniazid prophylaxis in dialysis and transplant patients. Transplantation 1994; 57: 1683-1684
6. Qunibi WY, Al-sibai MB, Taher S, Harder EJ, de Vol E, al-Furayh O, Ginn HE. Mycobacterial infection after renal transplantation - report of 14 cases and review of the literature. Q J Med 1990; 77: 1039-1060
7. Al-Sulaiman MH, Dhar JM, Al-Hasani MK, Haleem A, Al-Khader AA. Tuberculous interstitial nephritis after kidney transplantation. Transplantation 1990; 50: 162-164
8. Adeva AM, Falcon TG, Lozano LR, Bouza P, Alonso A, Valvuena L. Tuberculous interstitial nephritis of the renal graft. Nephron 1994; 68: 143-144
9. Drobniewski FA, Ferguson J. Tuberculosis in renal transplant unit. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1996; 11: 768-770
10. Sakhuja V, Jha V, Prem P Varma, Kusum J, Chugh KS. The high incidence of tuberculosis among renal transplant recipients in India. Transplantation 1996; 61: 211-215
11. Peters TG, Reiter CG, Boswell RL. Transmission of tuberculosis by kidney transplantation. Transplantation 1984; 38: 514-516
12. Zaragoza RM, Hernandez A, Trevino M, Diliz HS, Alvarez L. Tuberculosis and renal transplantation. Transplant Proc 1996; 28: 3309