title: [Tuberculosis in kidney transplant patients].
abstract: We studied the incidence of tuberculosis in 37 renal transplant patients. Mean age was 37 years and immune suppression therapy had been used for a mean of 37 months. Tuberculosis-free cases had received prednisone at a mean dose of 10 +/- 4 mg/day and azathioprine, 96 +/- 35 mg/day. 28% of patients had a positive tuberculin test, 24% a healed tuberculous lung lesion and 40% received chemoprophylaxis. Four patients developed tuberculosis, 10 times the incidence expected for the general population. Fever was present in all patients. Two patients had a disseminated form and one a laryngeal location. None of the patients had received chemoprophylaxis and the dose of prednisone was higher (18 +/- 9 mg/day) than that received by non-infected patients. Thus, chemoprophylaxis for tuberculosis appears warranted in all renal transplant recipients, regardless of tuberculin test results or chest X ray findings.
authors: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico, Universidad de Chile, Santiago.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Poniachik
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Paredes
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Thambo
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Sapunar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015994:Incidence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
vernacular_title: Tuberculosis en pacientes trasplantados renales.