End-stage renal disease due to delayed diagnosis of renal tuberculosis: a fatal case report

End-stage renal disease due to delayed diagnosis of renal tuberculosis: a fatal case report

Renal TB is difficult to diagnose, because many patients present themselves with lower urinary symptoms which are typical of bacterial cystitis. We report a case of a young woman with renal TB and ESRD. She was admitted with complaints of adynamia, anorexia, fever, weight loss, dysuria and generaliz...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth De Francesco Daher, Geraldo Bezerra da Silva Júnior, Renata Trindade Damasceno, Gustavo Martins dos Santos, Germana Alves Corsino, Sônia Leite da Silva, Oswaldo Augusto Gutiérrez-Adrianzén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
renal tuberculosis
extrapulmonary tuberculosis
end-stage renal disease
chronic renal failure
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000100036&lng=en&tlng=en

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