Dr. Al-Mendalawi is right in mentioning that urine AFB is not the ideal test to justify genitourinary TB, but the idea was to look into factors attributing to misdiagnosis of nephrotic syndrome in patients with chyluria and how hazardous it can be, but the comments are well taken.
letter . 2013 Mar-Apr;33(2):203. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2013.203
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See the letter "Chyluria: a mimicker of nephrotic syndrome" in volume 32 on page 593.
See the letter "Chyluria: a mimicker of nephrotic syndrome" on page 202.