1. Heywood N, Kawa B, Long R, Njoo H, Panaro L, Wobeser W, on behalf of the Immigration
Subcommittee of the Canadian Tuberculosis Committee. Guidelines for the investigation …

Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In the global effort
to eliminate TB, one of the priorities is the early identification and treatment of individuals …

Rationale & Objective In countries with a low tuberculosis (TB) incidence, TB
disproportionately affects populations born abroad. TB persists in these populations through …

The incidence of tuberculosis is still high in many developing countries and
immunocompromised patients with chronic renal failure requiring haemodialysis have been …

Even with the best of resources tuberculosis remains one of the leading causes of morbidity
and mortality in the developing countries. With the 0 by 25 initiative taken up by the …

We studied a cohort of patients requiring renal dialysis who had migrated to the United
Kingdom from tuberculosis (TB)-endemic countries and found extremely high rates of TB …

Among persons with chronic renal failure, infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is more
likely to progress to tuberculosis (TB). Chronic renal failure is an immunocompromising …

Sir, J Clin Gastroent 1996; 22: 211–214 The incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Yugoslavia
has been 7. Caplin ME, Thompson NP, Hamilton MI, McIntyre N, decreasing slowly over the …

The association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and tuberculosis disease (TB) has
been recognized for decades. Recently CKD prevalence is increasing in low-to middle …

Rationale & Objective Kidney failure is an established risk factor for active tuberculosis (TB)
but the risk of TB has not been reported in specific kidney diseases. We sought to determine …