Sixty (61%) developed AKI within two months of anti-TB treatment, including 11 (11%) with a prior history of rifampin exposure. Thirty (30%) had co-morbid chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal ...

Consumption, phthisis, the white plague—a killer by any other name, tuberculosis (TB) has stalked humanity since at least the ...

A case of renal IRIS in an HIV-infected patient with miliary tuberculosis was previously published. 6 Severe renal failure (serum creatinine 433 µmol/l [4.9 mg/dl]) developed 2 months after the ...

TB is a slow disease: it can take months ... to the very serious, like kidney damage, depression or hearing loss, making it extremely difficult for patients under treatment to attend school ...

Latent tuberculosis infection-positivity is common among patients with systemic vasculitis and is associated with BD and smoking history.

nephropathy is a rare autoimmune disorder that causes kidney damage and often leads to kidney failure. IgA nephropathy occurs when clumps of IgA get deposited in the kidneys, causing inflammation ...

Baffuor Chronic kidney disease, which refers to the gradual loss of kidney function, has emerged as health concern globally, and Ghana is no exce ...

Today, the disease — passed from those who are actively ... Medicines caused nausea, and sometimes permanent hearing loss and kidney damage. Today, the most severe cases of TB can be cured with an ...

[11] Because the elderly are more vulnerable to drug-induced AKI and usually have poor renal recovery, [14,15] AKI during anti-TB treatment may be more common and serious in Taiwan, where more ...