Genitourinary Tuberculosis after Renal Transplantation: Report of 3 Cases and Review

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of the genitourinary tract is an uncommon disease in renal transplant recipients and presentation is atypical. Genitourinary tuberculosis is associated with graft rejection, and this diagnosis should be considered for renal transplant recipients with unexplained...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2001-02, Vol.32 (4), p.662-666
Hauptverfasser:	Dowdy, Lorraine, Ramgopal, Moti, Hoffman, Thomas, Ciancio, Gaetano, Burke, George, Roth, David, Mies, Carolyn, Jones, Broderick, Miller, Joshua
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the urinary system Biological and medical sciences Brief Report Female Fever genitourinary tract Glomerulonephritis Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Kidney transplantation Kidney Transplantation - adverse effects Kidneys Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification Pulmonary tuberculosis Renal tuberculosis Transplantation Tuberculin Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Urogenital - diagnosis Tuberculosis, Urogenital - microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of the genitourinary tract is an uncommon disease in renal transplant recipients and presentation is atypical. Genitourinary tuberculosis is associated with graft rejection, and this diagnosis should be considered for renal transplant recipients with unexplained fever and constitutional symptoms.
ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1086/318723