Clinical presentation and outcome of tuberculosis in chronic kidney disease stage 4 & 5 from a high TB burden country
In CKD stage 4 & 5, EPTB is the most common presentation. Microbiological diagnosis could be achieved in one fourth of EPTB. There is high INH resistance. The treatment success is low with high mortality and PTB is a significant risk factor for mortality.
Authors
- Asma Nasim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4432-5862)
- Maryam Mushtaq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2582-1860)
- Syeda Hina Batool (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0935-4927)
- Zaheer Udin Babar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9470-5268)
- Sunil Kumar Dodani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5467-8261)
- Saima Ali
- Ali Nadeem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7076-3175)
- K Mohammad
Institutions
- Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320907
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40