Tuberculosis in patients with chronic renal failure
Nine cases of tuberculosis (TB) were diagnosed among 800 uremic patients, followed-up during 11 years, a prevalence of 1125%, 2.5 times higher than that in the general population. Six patients (66.7%) had lymph node involvement (4 cervical and 2 mediastinal). Three patients (33.3%) had pulmonary inv...
Main Authors: | Flávio Jota de Paula, Luiz Sérgio Fonseca de Azevedo, Luiz Estevam Ianhez, João Egidio Romão Júnior, Pedro Renato Chocair, Emil Sabbaga |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1987-06-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651987000300002&lng=en&tlng=en |
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