A second transplant patient also became infected, leading their doctors to surmise that their new kidneys were likely to ...

ABSTRACT Background: Tuberculosis remains a major global health concern and a leading cause of mortality. In Morocco, various forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis are prevalent. This systematic review ...

Background: A 27-year-old male renal allograft recipient presented to hospital with isolated skin ulcers on both lower limbs. At presentation, he also had a low-grade continuous fever, malaise and ...

In their 1981 paper on post-transplantation infections in renal transplant recipients, Rubin et al. reported that tuberculosis was most prevalent 1-3 months after renal transplantation. [8] ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has consistently taken a proactive role in controlling tuberculosis (TB) ...

The package of interventions consisting of pre-test and post-test tuberculosis counselling with conditional cash transfers significantly reduced the risk of unsuccessful tuberculosis patient outcomes, ...

Dr. Aileen Marty, Infectious Disease Specialist and Professor at Florida International University, joins Bob Sirott to talk about the latest health news. Dr. Marty shares a study that was done on ...

Key takeaways: A four-drug combination administered early may be a better strategy for treating diabetic kidney disease than the usual care. The GOLD-STANDARD trial is designed to test this ...

Given the cardiovascular, renal, and survival benefits of GLP-1 receptor agonists for diabetes, these agents could be effective among kidney transplant recipients. However, kidney transplant ...

Tuberculosis (TB) is uniquely characterized by obligate airborne transmission (1) with each new infection initiated following deposition of small diameter (<5 μm) Mycobacterium tuberculosis ...

Otsuka Pharmaceutical has shared more detailed data behind its kidney disease drug’s phase 3 win, showing the monoclonal antibody halved patients’ urine protein-to-creatinine ratio (UPCR) levels.