Allograft and prostatic involvement in a renal transplant recipient with disseminated tuberculosis

P Sreejith; V Jha; H S Kohli; M Rathi; K L Gupta; V Sakhuja

doi:10.4103/0971-4065.62097

Allograft and prostatic involvement in a renal transplant recipient with disseminated tuberculosis

Indian J Nephrol. 2010 Jan;20(1):40-2. doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.62097.

Authors

P Sreejith¹, V Jha, H S Kohli, M Rathi, K L Gupta, V Sakhuja

Affiliation

¹ Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh - 160 012, India.

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a serious opportunistic infection in renal transplant recipients and is disseminated in nature in one-third of patients. Genito urinary tuberculosis is rare in renal transplant recipients. We report a patient presenting 5 years after renal transplantation with disseminated tuberculosis and allograft and prostatic involvement.

Keywords: Genitourinary tuberculosis; renal transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports