Ulcerative tuberculin skin test in a dialysis patient
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Ulcerative tuberculin skin test in a dialysis patient.
Sir, A 53-year-old lady, hypertensive since 2003, was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in January 2006 and initiated on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). She has been on three exchanges per day with 2.5% dextrose solution. She used to achieve 1.5 L of ultrafiltration per day. Prior to this presentation, she had never suffered any mechanical or metabolic complication...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl661