New Tuberculosis Study Findings Reported from Bellvitge University Hospital (Tuberculosis Prevention In Patients Undergoing Kidney Transplantation: a Nurse-led Program for Screening and Treatment)

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2021 MAY 07 (NewsRx) - By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily - Current study results on Mycobacterium Infections - Tuberculosis have been published. According to news reporting from Lhospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "Systematic screening for, and treatment of, latent tuberculosis (TB) infection is recommended prior to kidney transplant. However, little is known about patient compliance with, or the safety profile of, preventive therapies used in clinical practice." The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Bellvitge University Hospital, "This was a retrospective observational study of patients who were eligible for kidney transplant and were evaluated for TB infection between January 2013 and June 2019 at the TB clinic of a tertiary care teaching hospital. All patient data were registered prospectively as part of our nurse-led program before kidney transplant. We assessed completion rates, tolerance with therapy, development of TB, and associated workload. In total, 1568 patients were referred to our TB clinic for evaluation.