Tuberculosis in renal transplant recipients: Rifampicin sparing treatment protocol

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 551-553

  Vachharajani, Tushar J ^a,b   Oza, Umesh G ^a   Phadke, Ajit G ^a   Kirpalani, Ashok L ^a  

^a BOMBAY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine interaction; Renal transplantation; Rifampicin sparing therapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG FEVER; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CYCLOSPORINE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIFAMPIN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0141990811     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025693521582     Document Type: Article

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