High rates of tuberculosis in end-stage renal failure: the impact of international migration.
Moore, David AJ;
Lightstone, Liz;
Javid, Babak;
Friedland, Jon S;
(2002)
High rates of tuberculosis in end-stage renal failure: the impact of international migration.
Emerging infectious diseases, 8 (1).
pp. 77-78.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010017
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We studied a cohort of patients requiring renal dialysis who had migrated to the United Kingdom from tuberculosis (TB)-endemic countries and found extremely high rates of TB (1,187 cases per 100,000 per year), partly associated with end-stage diabetic renal disease. We recommend enhanced vigilance and screening of such patients, both to reduce illness and death and to prevent nosocomial spread of TB among susceptible persons.