The high incidence of tuberculosis among renal transplant recipients in India

Transplantation
V SakhujaK S Chugh

Abstract

Tuberculosis is an important infection encountered after renal transplantation in third-world countries. Over an 8-year period, 36 cases of tuberculosis were encountered in 305 renal transplant recipients (11.8%) with grafts functioning for more than 3 months followed up at our center. The infection was limited to the thoracic cavity in 41.7% and a single extrapulmonary site in 11.1%, and it was disseminated in 27.8% cases. In 19.4% of cases, the disease appeared as pyrexia of unknown etiology and the diagnosis was confirmed by a good therapeutic response to antitubercular therapy. Tuberculosis was diagnosed within 1 year of transplantation in 58.3% of cases. There was no significant difference in the incidence of tuberculosis in patients on different immunosuppressive regimens. The Mantoux test was positive in 33.3% patients. A total of 23 patients were treated with isoniazid and rifampicin, with the addition of a third drug for the first 2 months. Treatment was continued for 9 months in 11 cases with isolated pleuropulmonary disease and for 12-15 months in the other 12 patients. The other 13 were on cyclosporine and were given isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol for 18 months. Two patients died of fulminant disease and fi...Continue Reading

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