Prevalence and presentation of tuberculosis among hemodialysis patients in Khartoum, Sudan.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a major health problem in the developing countries. There are limited data about the prevalence of TB patients on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) in Sudan. The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence and presentation of TB among Sudanese maintenance HD patients.

Causes of end stage renal failure among haemodialysis patients in Khartoum State/Sudan.

Background: End stage renal failure (ESRF) has become a major health problem in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). There were limited data about causes of ESRF in the Sudan.

Methods: This is a cross sectional hospital based descriptive study.

Risk factors of post renal transplant anaemia among Sudanese patients, a study in three renal transplant centres.

Background: There is a relative lack of recent information about late post kidney transplantation anaemia (PTA), especially in the developing countries; data are scarce about the prevalence and risk factors of PTA. Sudan was a leading country in Africa and Arab world in kidney transplantation. The first kidney transplantation in Sudan was in 1973.