Tuberculosis en pacientes trasplantados renales / Tuberculosis in renal transplant patients
Rev. méd. Chile
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118(10): 1105-10, oct. 1990. tab
Artículo
en Español
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| ID: lil-96804
ABSTRACT
We estudied the incidence of tuberculosis in 37 renal transplant patients. Mean age was 37 years and immune supression therapy had been used for a mean of 37 mounths. Tuberculosis free cases had received presnisone at a mean dose of 10 ñ 4 mg/day and azathyoprine, 96 ñ 35 mg/day. 28% of patients had a postive tuberculin test, 24% a healed tuberculous lung lesion and 40% received chemoprofilaxis. Four patients developed tuberculosis, 10 times the incidence expected for the general population. Fever was present in all patients. Two patients had a disseminated form and one a laryngeal location. None of the patients had recived chemoprophylaxis and the dose of prednisone was higher (18 ñ 9 mg/day) than that received by non-infected patients. Thus, chemoprofilaxis for tuberculosis appears warranted in all renal transplant recipients, regardiess of tuberculin test results or chest X ray findings:
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Asunto principal:
Tuberculosis
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Terapia de Inmunosupresión
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Trasplante de Riñón
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Inmunosupresores
Límite:
Adolescente
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Adulto
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Español
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
1990
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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