Tuberculosis after kidney transplantation is associated with significantly impaired allograft function.
Silvana Daher CostaTainá Veras de Sanders FreitasCamilla Neves JacintoLorena Vasconcelos Mesquita MartinianoYago Sucupira AmaralFernando José Villar Nogueira PaesMaria Luiza de Mattos Brito Oliveira SalesRonaldo de Matos EsmeraldoElizabeth de Francesco DaherPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2017)
Post-transplantation TB was associated with a high incidence of AKI, and complete recovery of baseline renal function was not achieved after treatment. The severity of TB disease, AKI, and AR episodes that occurred after TB diagnosis are potential causes for this outcome.