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Tuberculosis in patients on Dialysis
In a prospective multi-center clinical trial assessing the role of risk factors for TB in dialysis patients, Christopoulos et al observed that history of TB, use of vitamin D supplements, dialysis efficiency, serum albumin and zinc levels were not proved to influence significantly the risk of TB. However, advanced age (>65 years), body mass index (underweight being more prone) diabetes mellitus...
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Tuberculosis has been paid more attention in recent years because of the increase in the number of patients with immune suppression-such as those with renal failure. In the present study, we analyzed patients on peritoneal dialysis (PD) in our city to determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis in those patients. Patients who had been on a PD program for more than 3 mo...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.280.6224.1186-a