Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis: a multicenter study in Egypt

Dear Editor, About one-third of the human population is presently infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and about 10% during their life develop active tuberculosis (TB) (5% during the first 2 years following infection)...

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Main Authors: Wagdy Amin, Nehal Nafea, Salah Abdel Sattar, Mohamed El Adawy, Nadia Ragab, Amal Tohamy, Lara Refaat, Ghada Ahmed Fouad, Gehan Abdel Samad, Yousra A. El-Maradny, Rasha Ashmawy
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Published: PAGEPress Publications 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/3442
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spelling doaj-art-fb1d628fa4ee49d5b86cc48e477f4c0d2025-08-20T02:36:12ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease1122-06432532-52642025-06-0110.4081/monaldi.2025.3442Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis: a multicenter study in EgyptWagdy Amin0Nehal Nafea1Salah Abdel Sattar2Mohamed El Adawy3Nadia Ragab4Amal Tohamy5Lara Refaat6Ghada Ahmed Fouad7Gehan Abdel Samad8Yousra A. El-Maradny9Rasha Ashmawy10https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2689-5968Chest Diseases General Administration, Ministry of Health and Population, CairoCurative Sector, Ministry of Health and Population, CairoSharkia Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Population, SharkiaSharkia Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Population, SharkiaMaamora Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Population, AlexandriaMahalla Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Population, GharbiaAssuit Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Population, AssuitAbbassia Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Population, CairoMenia Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Population, MeniaPharmaceutical and Fermentation Industries Development Center, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg EL-Arab, AlexandriaMaamora Chest Hospital, Ministry of Health and Population, Alexandria Dear Editor, About one-third of the human population is presently infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and about 10% during their life develop active tuberculosis (TB) (5% during the first 2 years following infection)... https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/3442TB infectionQuantiFERON TB gold plus testTB eliminationdialysis
spellingShingle Wagdy Amin
Nehal Nafea
Salah Abdel Sattar
Mohamed El Adawy
Nadia Ragab
Amal Tohamy
Lara Refaat
Ghada Ahmed Fouad
Gehan Abdel Samad
Yousra A. El-Maradny
Rasha Ashmawy
Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis: a multicenter study in Egypt
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
TB infection
QuantiFERON TB gold plus test
TB elimination
dialysis
title Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis: a multicenter study in Egypt
title_full Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis: a multicenter study in Egypt
title_fullStr Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis: a multicenter study in Egypt
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis: a multicenter study in Egypt
title_short Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis: a multicenter study in Egypt
title_sort prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients undergoing regular hemodialysis a multicenter study in egypt
topic TB infection
QuantiFERON TB gold plus test
TB elimination
dialysis
url https://www.monaldi-archives.org/macd/article/view/3442
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