title: Renal tuberculosis: a case report.
abstract: Tuberculosis or TB (tubercle bacillus) remains a major public health problem in developing countries. Over the last decades extrapulmonary locations of the disease have become more frequent due to the increased prevalence of acquired immune deficiency syndrome and the increase number of organ transplants. The urogenital localization represents about 27% of all extra-pulmonary localizations of TB and may be due either to a disseminated infection or to a primitive genitourinary localization. The majority of patients, has pyuria, sometimes with hematuria. The diagnosis of urinary tuberculosis is based on the finding of pyuria in the absence of infection by common bacteria. The initial medical treatment includes isoniazide, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol and streptomycin. This disease should be suspected in patients with unexplained urinary tract infections, especially if immunocompromised and/or coming from endemic areas.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Toccaceli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Persico Stella
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taccone
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giuliani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Paola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valvano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Padua
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Biasio
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ranucci
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: La Torre
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014398:Tuberculosis, Renal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D007538:Isoniazid