title: Esophageal tuberculosis in a patient on maintenance dialysis: advantages of interferon-gamma release assay.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Meaux General Hospital, Meaux, France.
authors.forename: Olesia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Damaschin
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Dahmani
authors.forename: Frederic
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faibis
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Demachy
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abtahi
authors.forename: Nahla
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cucherousset
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiacre
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Locher
authors.forename: Hadia
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Habibi
authors.forename: Taher
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamalodine
authors.forename: Seyed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morteza Massoumi
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents