Spinal epidural abscess in an elderly diabetic end stage renal disease patient on continuous ambulatory peritonial dialysis (CAPD)

Ramakrishna, Pinjala; Ramakrishna, Ch.; Sunilkumar, K.; Lakshmi, AY; Devi, B Vijaya Lakshmi; Bhushan, J. V.; Choudary, Abhijith; Reddy, Kumaraswamy; Sivakumar, V.

doi:10.1007/s11255-007-9192-z

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“…The diagnosis of tuberculosis in this population is frequently difficult and delayed because of the high frequency of extrapulmonary involvement and nonspecific symptoms [2][3][4][5][6]. Currently, it is recommended that all patients with end-stage kidney disease should be screened for latent tuberculosis infection with PPD (tuberculin) skin testing [7].…”

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Tuberculosis of the breast in a patient undergoing hemodialysis

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A 61-year-old female patient with diabetes undergoing maintenance hemodialysis presented with fever and swelling of her right breast. She had been unresponsive to nonspecific antimicrobial therapies. Breast tuberculosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis were diagnosed by excision biopsy and tissue culture. A combination antituberculous treatment including isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide was started and resulted in the remission of the lesions by the end of the first month of therapy.

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