Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3371820 | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryPatients with chronic kidney disease are at increased risk of tuberculosis. We describe the events that occurred when we encountered a patient receiving haemodialysis with pulmonary tuberculosis. Nine (of 41) patients dialysing at the same time as the index case had a positive interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) and were offered therapy for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Patients with an initial negative IGRA were rescreened at six months, identifying a further three IGRA-positive patients. All patients were then rescreened at 12 months. No new IGRA-positive cases were identified and no staff or patients developed active disease. Only five of the 12 IGRA-positive patients completed LTBI therapy.
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Authors
S.O. Brij, S.C. Beck, F. Kleemann, A.L. Jack, C. Wilkinson, D.A. Enoch,