Sajjad Ahmad, Ahsan Rauf, Imran Waheed, Sajid Abaidullah, Jawad Zaheer, Aziz Ur Rehman, Mumtaz Hasan S.I..
Tuberculosis in Patients on Maintenance Haemodialysis: Experience at East Medical Ward, Mayo Hospital, Lahore
Ann King Edward Med Coll Oct - Dec 2001;7(4):324-5.
Department of Medicine, K.E. Medical College / Mayo Hospital, Lahore

This study was performed at Haemodialysis Unit of East Medical Ward, Mayo Hospital Lahore, in order to evaluate prevalence, clinical pattern and outcome of tuberculosis in patients who underwent maintenance haemodialysis from August 1997 to July 2001. In our Center, 8 patients out of a total number of 502 patients developed tuberculosis, giving a prevalence of 1.6%. 5 of these 8 patients (62.5%) had extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

Category: Urology
Keywords: Tuberculosis. Hemodialysis.

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