Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Dialysis Patients: Current Strategy
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Diagnosis of tuberculosis in dialysis patients: current strategy.
Patients with ESRD undergoing chronic dialysis are much more prone to develop tuberculosis (TB) than the general population. In these patients, the diagnosis of TB disease is often difficult because of prevailing extrapulmonary involvement and nonspecific symptoms. The prevalence of latent TB infection (LTBI) in ESRD patients is elevated, and those who become infected are at high risk of develo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1555-9041,1555-905X
DOI: 10.2215/cjn.09231209