TY - JOUR
T1 - Acute glomerulonephritis in a child with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and multibacillary leprosy
AU - McIver, Lachlan
AU - Parish, Shaun
AU - Jones, Samuel
AU - Kippin, Alexander
AU - Furlong, Timothy
PY - 2011/8/1
Y1 - 2011/8/1
N2 - A 10-year-old boy from Papua New Guinea with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and multibacillary leprosy developed acute glomerulonephritis while being treated as an inpatient at Thursday Island Hospital in the Torres Strait, Queensland. This is the first such case to be reported in Australia, where these diseases are uncommon and the combination is extremely rare, and it outlines important learning points regarding the aetiology of renal disease among patients with tuberculosis and leprosy.
AB - A 10-year-old boy from Papua New Guinea with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and multibacillary leprosy developed acute glomerulonephritis while being treated as an inpatient at Thursday Island Hospital in the Torres Strait, Queensland. This is the first such case to be reported in Australia, where these diseases are uncommon and the combination is extremely rare, and it outlines important learning points regarding the aetiology of renal disease among patients with tuberculosis and leprosy.
UR - https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2011/195/3/acute-glomerulonephritis-child-multidrug-resistant-tuberculosis-and
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79961155769&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03245.x
DO - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03245.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0025-729X
VL - 195
SP - 150
EP - 152
JO - Medical Journal of Australia
JF - Medical Journal of Australia
IS - 3
ER -
