title: Tuberculous tracheo-esophageal fistula in a renal transplant patient.
abstract: The incidence of mycobacterial infection (TB) is significantly higher in patients with end-stage renal disease and renal transplant recipients than in normal individuals. Tracheoesophageal fistulas (TEF) resulting from Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection are uncommon. We describe a 44-year old renal transplant recipient with such a lesion that had typical clinical presentation and radiological appearance of TEF and was successfully treated conservatively.
authors.affiliation: Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplantation Center, Kuwait.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samhan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Mousawi
authors.forename: Medhat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Halim
authors.forename: Mrn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nampoory