title: High rates of tuberculosis in end-stage renal failure: the impact of international migration.
abstract: We studied a cohort of patients requiring renal dialysis who had migrated to the United Kingdom from tuberculosis (TB)-endemic countries and found extremely high rates of TB (1,187 cases per 100,000 per year), partly associated with end-stage diabetic renal disease. We recommend enhanced vigilance and screening of such patients, both to reduce illness and death and to prevent nosocomial spread of TB among susceptible persons.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0NN, UK.
authors.forename: David A J
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lightstone
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Javid
authors.forename: Jon S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Friedland
mesh_terms: D015331:Cohort Studies; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008403:Mass Screening; D012882:Skin Tests; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology