Sternal tuberculosis in a patient with chronic kidney disease

Sternum is generally regarded as resistant to infections and thus is an infrequent site of osteomyelitis. Involvement of sternum by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare. Sternal tuberculosis in chronic kidney disease (CKD) was not reported till date. We report a 40-year-old patient with stage IV CKD,...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Indian journal of nephrology 2013-01, Vol.23 (1), p.57-58
Main Authors: Yadla, M, Reddy, S, Sriramnaveen, P, Kishore, C, Sridhar, A. V. S. S. N, Lakshmi, A, Vijayalakshmi, B, Phanindra, B, Sivakumar, V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Chronic kidney failure
Complications and side effects
Diagnosis
Kidney diseases
Patient outcomes
Risk factors
Tuberculosis
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Sternum is generally regarded as resistant to infections and thus is an infrequent site of osteomyelitis. Involvement of sternum by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare. Sternal tuberculosis in chronic kidney disease (CKD) was not reported till date. We report a 40-year-old patient with stage IV CKD, who presented with sternal and cervical lymphnodal tuberculosis.
ISSN:0971-4065
1998-3662
DOI:10.4103/0971-4065.107210