Title
High rates of tuberculosis in end-stage renal failure: The impact of international migration
Date Issued
01 January 2002
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hammersmith Hospital
Publisher(s)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Abstract
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.
Start page
77
End page
78
Volume
8
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Urología, Nefrología
Enfermedades infecciosas
Virología
Salud pública, Salud ambiental
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0036155948
PubMed ID
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
10806040
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus