Tuberculous lymphadenitis in a dialysis patient diagnosed by 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and IFN-γ release assay

Am J Kidney Dis. 2013 Dec;62(6):1221. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.09.003. Epub 2013 Oct 17.

Authors

Tsuyoshi Inoue¹, Masaomi Nangaku, Fumihiko Hinoshita

Affiliation

¹ The University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: tsinoue-tky@umin.ac.jp.

PMID: 24140370
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.09.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Interferon-gamma Release Tests*
Opportunistic Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Opportunistic Infections / immunology
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Predictive Value of Tests
Renal Dialysis*
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / diagnostic imaging*
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / immunology

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18