Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in solid-organ transplant recipients: Impact and implications for management

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1266-1277

  Singh, Nina ^a,b   Paterson, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; OKT 3; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032450187     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514993     Document Type: Article

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