Tuberculosis following liver transplantation: Report of a case and review of the literature

Transplant International

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 589-592

  Nishizaki, Takashi ^a   Yanaga, Katsuhiko ^a   Soejima, Yuji ^a   Kishikawa, Keiji ^a   Kajiyama, Kiyoshi ^a   Uchiyama, Hideaki ^a   Yatsunami, Jun ^a   Hara, Nobuyuki ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation, tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LAVAGE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029906155     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00335560     Document Type: Article

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