Tuberculosis often affects the lung, but it can also affect the kidneys. Symptoms of kidney tuberculosis include blood in urine, frequent urination, and night urination and back pain. The diagnosis of tuberculosis of the urinary tract is based on the finding of blood or pus in urine but there is absence of infection as judged by culture on routine media. A microbiologic diagnosis of tuberculosis usually is made by isolation of the causative organism from urine or biopsy material on conventional solid media. To treat kidney tuberculosis, four drugs—rifampicin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol (or streptomycin)—are taken in the first 2 months, and rifampicin and isoniazid are taken in the following 4 months.
How is Kidney tuberculosis treated in practice?