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Query: UMLS:C0019079 (hemoptysis)
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We report the case of a 39-year-old male patient with Goodpasture's syndrome. Despite therapy with prednisone, cyclophosphamide and plasma exchanges, serum creatinine (Scr) progressively increased up to 10.3 mg/dl (936 mumol/l) and hemoptysis recurred 3 months after initiation of treatment. Ciclosporin (CS) starting at 6 mg/kg/day was given. Scr began to decrease 2 weeks later and eventually stabilized at approximately 2.0 mg% (182 mumol/l). This case illustrates one of the potential uses of CS in human glomerular disease.
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PMID:Ciclosporin in Goodpasture's syndrome. 156 89

This retrospective review presented the prevalence and manifestations of tuberculosis among renal transplant recipients in our center between 1987 and mid 2007. The prevalence of tuberculosis was 5/151 (3.3%) recipients with a median age of 49 years (range = 38-55). The median time of diagnosis after transplantation was 23 months (range = 1-47). All five patients had pulmonary tuberculosis. None developed extrapulmonary infection. Presenting symptoms were fever (60%), productive cough (80%), weight loss (40%), and hemoptysis (20%). One patient had non-parathyroid-related hypercalcemia. Cyclosporine dosage needed to be increased in all patients. Two subjects who experienced side effects of hepatitis and/or jaundice from rifampicin were switched to second-line drugs. Infection with Mycobacterial tuberculosis is a not uncommon problem in renal transplant recipients especially in endemic areas. Tuberculosis must be excluded for immunosuppressed patients with clinical or radiological suspicion.
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PMID:Prevalence and manifestations of tuberculosis in renal transplant recipients: a single-center experience in Thailand. 1879 Feb 40