RESUMO
One hundred patients of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) (mean age 50.5 years, S.D. 14.0341) during a period of one year from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005 were studied. Detailed clinical history, physical examination and laboratory investigations were recorded. Chi-square and Fischer-exact tests were used for statistical analysis. Sixteen cases of tuberculosis were detected in 100 ESRD patients. Fifteen of them were pulmonary and one extrapulmonary. Increased association of tuberculosis was seen in – diabetics as underlying cause for ESRD (37.5%), lower socioeconomic status (62%), male patients (68.75%), and patients > 35 years of age (87.5%). Anorexia was most common symptom (100%), followed by fever (87.5%) and cough (68.7%). Keeping in view of high incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis, patients of ESRD should always be screened for tuberculosis, requiring a high index of suspicion.