Uncontrolled hypertension secondary to leukemic cell infiltration of kidneys in a hemodialysis patient.

Leukemic infiltration of the kidney is usually silent, and the admission of the patients with renal dysfunction or acute kidney injury is uncommon. We present a 34-year old hemodialysis patient with new onset of uncontrolled hypertension, erythropoietin-resistant anemia, thrombocytopenia, and Bell's palsy. On admission, his blood pressure (BP) was 210/110 mmHg and he had petechiae and purpura at upper and lower extremities.

[The resistance rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains to antituberculosis drugs: evaluation of two years' data in Aegean region, Turkey].

The aim of this study was to determine the primary, secondary and total resistance rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in the Aegean Region, Turkey, between November 1st 1999 and November 30th 2001. A total of 490 M. tuberculosis strains isolated from patients admitted to 27 different tuberculosis dispensaries, were evaluated.