Diagnosis and Treatment for Tuberculosis Infection in Liver Transplant Recipients: Case Reports

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3509-3511

  Wang, B ^a   Lu Y ^a   Yu L ^a   Liu, C ^a   Wu, Z ^a   Pan, C ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETHAMBUTOL; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAPENTINE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BIOPSY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 37048999548     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.093     Document Type: Article

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