Background: Asia is the largest, most populous and most heterogeneous continent in the
world. The number of patients with end-stage renal disease is growing rapidly in Asia …

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These guidelines discuss the epidemiology, screening, diagnosis, posttransplant
prophylaxis, monitoring, and management of endemic infections in solid organ transplant …

Patients with ESRD undergoing chronic dialysis are much more prone to develop
tuberculosis (TB) than the general population. In these patients, the diagnosis of TB disease …

Background. Kidney transplant recipients are at high risk of opportunistic infection. The aims
of this study were to describe the epidemiology, clinical features and prognosis of …

Background. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of death in endemic countries and
is 20 to 70 times more common in renal transplant recipients, where it contributes to both …

Background: Individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are 10-to 25-fold more likely
than immunocompetent people to develop active tuberculosis (TB) and are candidates for …

Current guidelines advocate screening hemodialysis patients for latent tuberculosis
infection; however, the tuberculin skin test (TST) is believed to be insensitive in this …

BACKGROUND: The relative diagnostic accuracy of interferon γ release assays (IGRAs;
based on ELISA [enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay] or ELISPOT [enzyme-linked …

The exact number of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Asia Pacific is uncertain.
In numeric terms, the region is home to the largest population of patients with untreated …