Tuberculosis in kidney transplant recipients: A case series

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients

	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4
Age (yr)	63	67	38	67
Ethnicity	Vietnamese	Caucasian	Indonesia	Caucasian
Sex	Male	Male	Female	Male
BMI (kg/m2)	32	33	21	32
Prior TB exposure	Incarceration in Vietnam	Vietnam war veteran	Lived in Indonesia till age 25	None
PPD/IGRA	Positive	Not done	Positive	Negative
Pre-transplant CXR	Non-calcified lymph nodes	Prior granulomatous disease	Normal	Calcified lung nodules
Smoking	Yes	No	No	No
Diabetes mellitus	Yes	No	No	Yes
Hepatitis C	No	No	No	No
Chronic liver disease	Prior hepatitis B exposure	No	No	No
Pre-transplant INH prophylaxis	No	No	No	No

BMI: Body mass index; TB: Tuberculosis; PPD: Purified protein derivative; IGRA: Interferon gamma release assay; CXR: Chest X-ray; INH: Isoniazid.