Tuberculosis
New tuberculosis data have been reported by researchers at Dicle University, Department of Nephrology
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 20th, 2010
New research, 'An atypical localisation of tuberculosis infection in patients undergoing haemodialysis: a case report,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research published in the Journal of Renal Care, "Spinal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare skeletal system localisation of TB in haemodialysis patients. In this paper, a case of Pott's disease with a psoas muscle abscess is reported."
"The patient had been on the dialysis programme for five years and was complaining of back pain, weight loss and weakness, which were investigated. A thoracolumbar magnetic resonance imaging showed multiple paravertebral abscesses invading the psoas muscle," wrote H....
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