Open AccessSternal tuberculosis in a patient with chronic kidney disease
Author(s) -
Manjusha Yadla,
Sravanthi Reddy,
P Sriramnaveen,
C. Krishna Kishore,
A. V. S. S. N. Sridhar,
AY Lakshmi,
B Vijayalakshmi,
B. Phanindra,
V Sivakumar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.107210
Subject(s) - medicine , sternum , tuberculosis , kidney disease , osteomyelitis , surgery , mycobacterium tuberculosis , disease , pathology
Sternum is generally regarded as resistant to infections and thus is an infrequent site of osteomyelitis. Involvement of sternum by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare. Sternal tuberculosis in chronic kidney disease (CKD) was not reported till date. We report a 40-year-old patient with stage IV CKD, who presented with sternal and cervical lymphnodal tuberculosis.