Successful Treatment of Tuberculosis-Associated Hypercalcemia With Denosumab in a Patient With Acute Kidney Injury

Ther Apher Dial. 2019 Oct;23(5):484-485. doi: 10.1111/1744-9987.12788. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

Authors

Aldo Torres-Ortiz¹, Prakrati Acharya¹, Wisit Cheungpasitporn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
² Department of Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.

PMID: 30569532
DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.12788

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Kidney Injury / physiopathology
Aged
Bone Density Conservation Agents / therapeutic use
Denosumab / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Hypercalcemia / drug therapy*
Hypercalcemia / etiology
Treatment Outcome
Tuberculosis / complications*

Substances

Bone Density Conservation Agents
Denosumab