Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in allogeneic bone marrow transplantation patients

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 551-554

  Aljurf, M ^a   Gyger, M ^a   Alrajhi, A ^a   Sahovic, E ^a   Chaudhri, N ^a   Musa, M ^a   Ayoub, O ^a   Seth, P ^a   Aslam, M ^a   Al Fiar, F ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Allogeneic BMT; AML; CML; GVHD; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BUSULFAN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; RIFAMPICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CYTOMEGALIC INCLUSION BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032884882     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701930     Document Type: Article

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