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Genitourinary tuberculosis after renal transplantation-a report of three cases with a good clinical outcome.

Nayak S, Satish R

St John's Medical College Hospital - Nephrology Sarjapur Raod, Koramangala, Bangalore, Karnataka 560034, India. nayak_shobhana@rediffmail.com

Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major opportunistic infection after renal transplantation especially in the tropical countries. The risk of TB in renal transplant recipients is reported to be 20-74 times higher than that in the general population. Genitourinary TB that occurs after renal transplantation in uncommon and appears to present differently than genitourinary TB in the non-transplant population. An increased risk of graft rejection and graft loss has been reported. We report three cases of genitourinary TB in renal transplant recipients, all of whom had a good clinical outcome and a review of published literature.

Published 13 June 2007 in Am J Transplant, 7(7): 1862-4.
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