Renal Tuberculosis: The Enigma Continues
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ruhi Khan; Saif Quaiser; Arun Viswanath
- Source
- Mycobacterial Diseases.
- Subject
- Nephrology
medicine.medical_specialty
Tuberculosis
business.industry
Tuberculosis Meningitis
Low resource
Acute kidney injury
food and beverages
medicine.disease
Omics
Internal medicine
Immunology
medicine
Intensive care medicine
business
Hydronephrosis
Renal tuberculosis
- Language
- ISSN
- 2161-1068
Even with the best of resources tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the developing countries. With the 0 by 25 initiative taken up by the International Society of Nephrology, renal tuberculosis still remains an important, albeit ignored cause of acute kidney injury in low resource settings. With proper evaluation considerable morbidity can be minimised and the quality of life of patients can be improved upon.