[Tuberculosis in patients with chronic kidney failure].

Background: In a retrospective study we analysed the incidence of tuberculosis (tb) in end-stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis treatment at the Department of Medicine Strahov, General University Hospital, 1st Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague. Study included patients who died and were autopsied from 1991 till 2000.

Methods And Results: Active tb was found in 11 cases (4 men and 7 women, age 56 to 84 years) from the total of 275 patients, i.