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Tuberculosis
Research data from Y. Siu and colleagues update understanding of tuberculosis
September 23rd, 2008
"Tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients. Extrapulmonary infection involving the intestine is rare and poses diagnostic difficulties. Case report," investigators in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China report. "A 49-year-old man with IgA nephropathy underwent a kidney transplantation in 1996 and was put on cyclosporine, azathioprine, and steroid. He suffered from a recurrence of his primary kidney disease and had a gradual deterioration of renal function since 1998. By 2005, he presented with an unusual gastrointestinal (GI) symptom with alternating signs of upper GI bleeding - melena - as well as lower GI bleeding with...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-23)
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