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Clinical profile of tuberculosis in patients with chronic kidney disease: A report from an endemic Country
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Vikrant, Sanjay |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | The objective is to study the clinical profile of tuberculosis (TB) in chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is retrospective study of CKD patients who were diagnosed to have TB over a period of seven years at a tertiary care hospital. TB was diagnosed in 115 patients with an incidence of 4200/100,000. Mean age of the patients was 46.9 ± 16 years. Sixty-two patients (53.9%) were male. Causes of CKD were diabetic nephropathy and hypertension in 11.3% each, chronic glomerulonephritis in 31.3%, chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis in 39.1%, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, and post-renal transplant CKD in 3.5% each. About 68.7% of patients with TB had advanced CKD stage of 4–5D, whereas 31.3% of patients had early CKD stage 1–3. Twenty percent of patients were on dialysis. Three-fourths of the patients had extrapulmonary TB. Pleuropulmonary (41.8%), kidney and urinary tract (20%), and abdomen and lymph node (13% each) were the most common sites for TB. The main clinical presentation of TB was: fever/pyrexia of unknown origin in 24.3%, constitutional symptoms of anorexia, fever, night sweats, and weight loss in 27.8%, abnormal chest radiograph in 31.2%, ascites/peritonitis in 13.9%, pleural effusion in 25.2%, lymphadenopathy in 20%, and sterile pyuria/hematuria/chronic pyelonephritis in 13%. Microbiological and/or histopathological diagnoses were made in 45.2% and in the other 54.8%, diagnosis of TB was made on clinical grounds. Adverse effects of anti-TB drugs were seen in 9.6% of patients. Ninety-three percent completed the treatment and survived. Eight patients (7%), all in CKD stage 5D, died. The incidence of TB was high among CKD stages 4 and 5 and in those receiving dialysis. Extrapulmonary disease such as pleuropulmonary, renal, peritoneal, and lymph node were the common forms of TB. |
| Related Links | http://www.sjkdt.org/article.asp?issn=1319-2442;year=2019;volume=30;issue=2;spage=470;epage=477;aulast=Vikrant;type=2 |
| Ending Page | 477 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| Starting Page | 470 |
| File Format | XHTML |
| ISSN | 13192442 |
| DOI | 10.4103/1319-2442.256854 |
| Journal | Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Medknow |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Tropical Medicine Treatment Diabetic Nephropathy Chronic Kidney Disease Incidence Patients Ckd Stage Survived Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Volume 30, Issue 2 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Transplantation Nephrology |
