Urogenital tuberculosis in a patient with end-stage renal disease

• Autor(a) principal: Almeida,André Patrício Ferreira de
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Silva,Dina Fabrício da, Petruccelli,Karla Cristina Silva, Matos,Juliana da Costa, Moreira,Rodrigo Xavier, Cordeiro-Santos,Marcelo
• Tipo de documento: Relatório
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100704
• topic: Tuberculosis; Chronic Kidney Disease; Urogenital

Abstract Tuberculosis is one of the most common infections worldwide with particularly high incidence rates in countries with unfavorable socioeconomic conditions and among persons with impaired immune systems. While most patients with this disease will present with pulmonary tuberculosis, immunocompromised individuals also commonly present with extrapulmonary manifestations. We report the case of a 28-year-old male patient with end-stage renal disease who presented with long-standing systemic symptoms and genitourinary manifestations, who was diagnosed with urogenital tuberculosis both by clinical and microbiologic criteria. Clinicians should always suspect tuberculosis in patients with chronic symptoms, especially in those with immunosuppression.