Tuberculosis in dialysis patients: a nine-year retrospective analysis.

Introduction: Diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) among dialysis patients may be difficult because of increased frequency of extra-pulmonary presentations, atypical clinical manifestations, and non-specific symptoms. This study aimed to investigate the spectrum of clinical presentations and outcome in dialysis patients during a nine-year period.

Methodology: A total of 651 patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) for at least three months in our unit between 2001 and 2010 were studied.

Renal sarcoidosis with normal serum vitamin D and refractory hypercalcemia.

Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multi-system disorder characterized by non-caseating epithelioid granulomas in multiple organs. Renal involvement may usually occur as granulomatous interstitial nephritis, but renal failure is uncommon. We report a case of renal-limited sarcoidosis diagnosed by renal biopsy, associated with abnormal calcium metabolism.

Is there impact of mortality prior hemodialysis therapy in peritoneal dialysis patients?

Aim: The aim of this study is to investigate the mortality and the factors which may affect it in patients who were transferred to peritoneal dialysis (PD) from hemodialysis (HD), compared to patients assigned to PD as first-line therapy.

Material And Methods: A total of 322 patients treated with PD between 2001 and 2010 were evaluated retrospectively. Twenty three patients were excluded and the data of remaining 299 patients (167F, mean follow up time 38.