Tuberculosis Characterization in a Special Population of Kidney Transplant Recipients

Table 1

Clinical features of kidney transplant recipients with tuberculosis.

Patient	Gender	Previous TB	Latent TB treatment	TST	X-ray alteration	DX	Type disease	Outcome
01	Female	Yes	No	Positive	Yes	AARB	Pulmonary	Cured
02	Female	No	No	Positive	Yes	AARB	Pulmonary	Cured
03	Female	No	No	Negative	No	Culture	Pulmonary	Cured
04	Male	No	N/D	Positive	No	Clinical	Extrapulmonary	Died
05	Female	No	N/D	Positive	Yes	AARB	Pulmonary	Died
06	Male	N/D	N/D	Positive	No	Clinical	Extrapulmonary	Disseminated
07	Male	No	No	Negative	No	Hist. ex.	Pulmonary	Cured
08	Male	No	No	Negative	No	Hist. ex.	Extrapulmonary	Cured
09	Male	No	No	Positive	Yes	AARB	Pulmonary	Cured
10	Male	Yes	Yes	Positive	Yes	AARB	Disseminated	Died
11	Male	No	No	Positive	Yes	Hist. ex.	Extrapulmonary	Cured
12	Female	No	No	Negative	No	Culture	Pulmonary	Cured
13	Male	No	No	Positive	Yes	AARB	Pulmonary	Died

TB: tuberculosis; TST: tuberculin skin test; DX: diagnosis; AARB: demonstration of acid-alcohol resistant bacilli; Hist. ex.: histopathologic examination; N/D: not done.