Cellulitis as a manifestation of miliary tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-85

  Seyahi, Nurhan ^a,b   Apaydin, S ^a   Kahveci, A ^a   Mert, A ^a   Sariyar, M ^a   Erek, E ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cutaneous tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALAISE; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEG; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN; TUBERCULOSIS, MILIARY;

EID: 25144488066     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2005.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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