Guidelines for the prevention and management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in adult patients with chronic kidney disease

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Authors

HJ Milburn · Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Neil Ashman

Peter Davies · Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Trust

Sarah Doffman · Brighton General Hospital

F. Drobniewski

Saye Khoo · University of Liverpool

P Ormerod · Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

Marlies Ostermann

Abstract

Guidelines have been compiled by the Joint Tuberculosis Committee of the British Thoracic Society for the prevention and management of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and disease in patients with all grades of renal impairment.

Topics & Keywords

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Mycobacterium research and diagnosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Thorax

Volume 65, Issue 6, pp. 559-570

DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.133173

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