title: Tuberculosis in haemodialysis: a problem making a comeback.
abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) accounts for a significant proportion of all deaths by infectious diseases. Controlling tuberculosis is a major public health issue especially in the developing nations, where the rise of the disease's incidence varies between 5-30% and the rise reaches reduplication every 5-10 years. The consequences of the disease in renal dialysis patients vary between 3.7-6%, thus being 12-15 times higher than the rest of the population.
authors.affiliation: Hippocratio General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zyga
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tourouki
mesh_terms: D015984:Causality; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D008397:Masks; D010356:Patient Isolation; D011634:Public Health; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control