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Renal tuberculosis

MedGen UID:
21728
•Concept ID:
C0041328
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Renal Tuberculoses; Renal Tuberculosis; Tuberculoses, Renal; Tuberculosis, Renal
SNOMED CT: TB - Renal tuberculosis (44323002); Tuberculous nephropathy (44323002); Tuberculous pyelonephritis (44323002); Tuberculosis of kidney (44323002); Renal tuberculosis (44323002)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005938

Definition

Infection of the kidney due to mycobacteria. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVRenal tuberculosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Topical instillation of BCG immunotherapy for biopsy-proven primary upper urinary tract carcinoma in situ: A single institution series and systematic review.
Fontanet S, Gallioli A, Baboudjian M, Huguet J, Territo A, Gaya JM, Gavrilov P, Izquierdo P, Verri P, Algaba F, Palou J, Breda A
Urol Oncol 2023 Jun;41(6):274-283. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2022.11.001. PMID: 36526527
Presentation, management and outcomes of pediatric urogenital tuberculosis: 20 years' experience from a tertiary center.
Shekar P A, Patel H, Dumra A, Reddy D, Shivakumar KS, Satish Kumar P
J Pediatr Urol 2021 Aug;17(4):546.e1-546.e8. Epub 2021 Apr 8 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.04.002. PMID: 33931319
The treatment of renal tuberculosis.
Carr DT
Med Clin North Am 1966 Jul;50(4):1137-9. doi: 10.1016/s0025-7125(16)33158-3. PMID: 5327777

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Renal Cystic Mass.
Xia Q, Yuan X, Huang M, Zhou X, Zhou Z
Curr Med Imaging 2022;18(3):292-298. doi: 10.2174/1573405617666210719141831. PMID: 34825641
Extrapulmonary involvement in pediatric tuberculosis.
Kritsaneepaiboon S, Andres MM, Tatco VR, Lim CCQ, Concepcion NDP
Pediatr Radiol 2017 Sep;47(10):1249-1259. Epub 2017 Aug 29 doi: 10.1007/s00247-017-3867-0. PMID: 29052770
Isolated Renal Mucormycosis.
Sriranga R, Pawar S, Khot W, Nischal N, Soneja M, Venkatesh HA, Nair RR, Kanna R, Sharma MC, Sharma SK
J Assoc Physicians India 2017 Apr;65(4):77-81. PMID: 28527169
Tuberculosis and the kidney.
Eastwood JB, Corbishley CM, Grange JM
J Am Soc Nephrol 2001 Jun;12(6):1307-1314. doi: 10.1681/ASN.V1261307. PMID: 11373356
Hematuria in children.
Mota-Hernández F, Muñoz-Arizpe R, Lunar OR
Paediatrician 1979;8(5-6):270-86. PMID: 392403

Diagnosis

Renal and Urinary Tuberculosis.
Suzuki J, Morisawa Y
Intern Med 2022 May 1;61(9):1471. Epub 2021 Oct 19 doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.8158-21. PMID: 34670893Free PMC Article
Extrapulmonary involvement in pediatric tuberculosis.
Kritsaneepaiboon S, Andres MM, Tatco VR, Lim CCQ, Concepcion NDP
Pediatr Radiol 2017 Sep;47(10):1249-1259. Epub 2017 Aug 29 doi: 10.1007/s00247-017-3867-0. PMID: 29052770
Renal tuberculosis.
Carrillo-Esper R, Moreno-Castañeda L, Hernández-Cruz AE, Aguilar-Zapata DA
Cir Cir 2010 Sep-Oct;78(5):442-7. PMID: 21219817
Tuberculosis and the kidney.
Eastwood JB, Corbishley CM, Grange JM
J Am Soc Nephrol 2001 Jun;12(6):1307-1314. doi: 10.1681/ASN.V1261307. PMID: 11373356
Granulomatous nephritis.
Cohen MS
Urol Clin North Am 1986 Nov;13(4):647-59. PMID: 3535207

Therapy

Renal Tuberculosis: The Masquerader.
Supriyadi R, Darmawan G, Pranggono EH
Acta Med Indones 2019 Oct;51(4):353-355. PMID: 32041921
Tuberculosis in renal transplant units.
Drobniewski FA, Ferguson J
Nephrol Dial Transplant 1996 May;11(5):768-70. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027395. PMID: 8671891
Abdominal angiography.
Pollard JJ, Nebesar RA
N Engl J Med 1968 Nov 7;279(19):1035-42 contd. doi: 10.1056/NEJM196811072791906. PMID: 4878669
Tuberculosis.
Kendig EL Jr
Pediatr Clin North Am 1968 Feb;15(1):213-25. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)32100-9. PMID: 4866903
Renal tuberculosis.
Gill WG
Proc R Soc Med 1965 Dec;58(12):1087. PMID: 5852687Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Renal Cystic Mass.
Xia Q, Yuan X, Huang M, Zhou X, Zhou Z
Curr Med Imaging 2022;18(3):292-298. doi: 10.2174/1573405617666210719141831. PMID: 34825641
Tuberculosis treatment failure in AIDS: vengeance with renal and ocular manifestations.
Saeed MA, Lodhi HT, Inayat F, Walters S, Corpuz M
BMJ Case Rep 2018 Aug 31;2018 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-225955. PMID: 30171156Free PMC Article
Renal tuberculosis in the modern era.
Daher Ede F, da Silva GB Jr, Barros EJ
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2013 Jan;88(1):54-64. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2013.12-0413. PMID: 23303798Free PMC Article
Hematuria in children.
Mota-Hernández F, Muñoz-Arizpe R, Lunar OR
Paediatrician 1979;8(5-6):270-86. PMID: 392403
Genitourinary tuberculosis.
Ehrlich RM, Lattimer JK
Surg Annu 1974;6:439-57. PMID: 4610836

Clinical prediction guides

Application of Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound and Bosniak Classification to the Diagnosis of Cystic Renal Masses.
Huang MF, Zhang Z, Xia QQ, Zhou XL, Yuan XC, Zhou ZY
Curr Med Imaging 2022;18(14):1470-1478. doi: 10.2174/1573405618666220509120959. PMID: 35579142
Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Renal Cystic Mass.
Xia Q, Yuan X, Huang M, Zhou X, Zhou Z
Curr Med Imaging 2022;18(3):292-298. doi: 10.2174/1573405617666210719141831. PMID: 34825641
Comparison of the CapitalBio™Mycobacterium RT-PCR detection test and Xpert MTB/RIF assay for diagnosis of renal tuberculosis.
Liu P, Wang Y, Hao S, Qin Y
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2021 Mar;40(3):559-563. Epub 2020 Sep 29 doi: 10.1007/s10096-020-04052-x. PMID: 32990820
Clinical Features and Drug-Resistance Profile of Urinary Tuberculosis in South-Western China: A Cross-sectional Study.
Ye Y, Hu X, Shi Y, Zhou J, Zhou Y, Song X, Xie Y, Lu X, Wang L, Ying B, Chen X
Medicine (Baltimore) 2016 May;95(19):e3537. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003537. PMID: 27175652Free PMC Article
Renal tuberculosis.
Becker JA
Urol Radiol 1988;10(1):25-30. doi: 10.1007/BF02926530. PMID: 3043873

Recent systematic reviews

Topical instillation of BCG immunotherapy for biopsy-proven primary upper urinary tract carcinoma in situ: A single institution series and systematic review.
Fontanet S, Gallioli A, Baboudjian M, Huguet J, Territo A, Gaya JM, Gavrilov P, Izquierdo P, Verri P, Algaba F, Palou J, Breda A
Urol Oncol 2023 Jun;41(6):274-283. Epub 2022 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2022.11.001. PMID: 36526527
Stage 5-CKD under nephrology care: to dialyze or not to dialyze, that is the question.
Pacilio M, Minutolo R, Garofalo C, Liberti ME, Conte G, De Nicola L
J Nephrol 2016 Apr;29(2):153-161. Epub 2015 Nov 19 doi: 10.1007/s40620-015-0243-8. PMID: 26584810

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