Fatal primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in a heart transplant recipient

Transplant International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-307

  Di Perri, Giovanni ^a   Luzzati, Roberto ^a   Forni, Alberto ^a   Allegranzi, Benedetta ^a   Cazzadori, Angelo ^a   Bonora, Stefano ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a   Concia, Ercole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart transplantation, tuberculosis; Tuberculosis, heart transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBERCULOSIS;

FATAL OUTCOME; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 0031879607     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470050147     Document Type: Article

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