Research Article

Tuberculosis among Patients Undergoing Solid Organ Transplantation or Dialysis in a Low-Endemic Country, 2004-2017

Table 3

Characteristics of patients who developed active tuberculosis during follow-up, (%).

Solid organ transplant recipients
()
Patients on chronic dialysis
()

Male1 (25)3 (27)
1 (25)5 (45)
3 (75)6 (55)
Year of study inclusion
 2004-20093 (75)8 (73)
 2010-20171 (25)3 (27)
Origin
 Denmark1 (25)1 (9)
 Greenland02 (18)
 Other non-TB endemic countries00
 Other TB endemic countries3 (75)a8 (73)b
SOT type (kidney/liver/lung/heart)3/1/0/0
Type of TB
 Pulmonary4 (100)6 (55)
 Spine2 (18)
 Lymph node2 (18)
 Miliary1 (9)
Time from SOT/dialysis to TB2.6 years (IQR 0.6-5.3)0.9 years (IQR 0.2-1.9)

aYugoslavia: 1, Pakistan: 1, and Somalia: 1; bPakistan: 2, Philippines: 2, Rumania: 1, Somalia: 1, and Turkey: 2.