Fatal intestinal tuberculosis in a uremic patient with a renal transplant

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 593-596

  Feriozzi, Sandro ^a   Meschini, Luciano ^a   Costantini, Stefano ^a   Gomes, Vito ^a   Ranalli, Teresa ^a   Perez, Marie ^b   Ancarani, Enzo ^a  

^a BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIPENEM; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PIPERACILLIN; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN; SODIUM; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DONOR; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; JEJUNUM ULCER; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MELENA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; NEPHROLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLENOMEGALY; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UREMIA; UROGENITAL ENDOSCOPY; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT REJECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENAL DIALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0036708607     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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