TUBERCULOSIS IS CAUSED BY A BACTERIA CALLED MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS. THESE DESEASESTILL REMAINS A SERIOS HEALTH ISSUE IN UNDEVELOPED COUNTRIES. IT USSUALY AFFECTS THERESPIRATORY TRACT, BUT ALSO HAVE EXTRAPULMOARY LOCATIONS. FROM THE EXTRAPULMONARYCASES, RENAL TUBERCULOSIS IS FOUND IN 27% OF THE CASES. EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS ISUSUALY DISCOVERED IN PATIENTS WITH DEPRESED IMMUNE SYSTEM LIKE PATIENTS WITH HIV ANDAFTER DIFFERENT ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION. THE INVOLVEMENTT OF THE KIDNEY IN TUBERCULOSISCAN BE PART OF A DISSEMINATED INFECTION OR A LOCALIZED GENITOURINARY DISEASE, AND ITREPRESENTS A CHALLENGE IN DIAGNOSTIC. THE PATIENTS WITH RENAL TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTSSTERILE PYURIA. AS TREATEMENT, THE FIRST LINE IS REPRESENTED BY ISONIAZIDE, RIFAMPICIN,PIRAZINAMIDE, ETHAMBUTOL, AND STREPTOMYCIN, BUT NOT IN FEW CASES SURGICAL INTERVENTIONIS REQUIRED BECAUSE IF LEFT UNTREATED CAN LEAD TO RENAL DISTRUCTION, OR A SMALL ANDUNEXTENDABLE BLADDER.
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