Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in pediatric liver transplant recipients

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 625-630

  Verma, Anita ^a,b   Dhawan, Anil ^a   Wade, Jim J ^a   Lim, Wah H ^a   Ruiz, Gary ^a   Price, John F ^a   Hadzic, Nedim ^a   Baker, Alastair J ^a   Rela, Mohemmed ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a   Mieli Vergani, Giorgina ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antituberculous drugs; Children; Liver transplant; Mantoux test; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SEPTICEMIA; STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISONIAZID; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033929176     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200007000-00008     Document Type: Article

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