Esophageal tuberculosis in a patient on maintenance dialysis: advantages of interferon-gamma release assay.
Patients with chronic renal failure have a higher risk of developing tuberculosis compared to the general population, and especially extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. This pathology is often difficult to diagnose and requires a combination of multidisciplinary examinations. The confirmation of the diagnosis is important in order to quickly match the treatment with the pathology. We report a patient with primary esophageal tuberculosis for whom the interferon gamma release assay facilitated a timely diagnosis.
Damaschin
Olesia
O
Department of Nephrology, Meaux General Hospital, Meaux, France.
Dahmani
Omar
O
Faibis
Frederic
F
Demachy
Marie-Claude
MC
Abtahi
Mahdi
M
Cucherousset
Nahla
N
Fiacre
Alain
A
Locher
Christophe
C
Habibi
Hadia
H
Kamalodine
Taher
T
Morteza Massoumi
Seyed
S
D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014456:Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology
D000995:Antitubercular Agents