Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via lung transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1529-1533

  Winthrop, Kevin L ^a,b   Kubak, Bernard M ^d   Pegues, David A ^d   Hufana, Catherine ^c   Costamagna, Pam ^c   Desmond, Ed ^b   Sanders, Cynthia ^c   Shen, Paul ^f   Flores Ibarra, Laura ^f   Osborne, Eugene ^e   Bruckner, David ^d   Flood, Jennifer ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

^c San Joaquin County Public Health Services   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e California Transplant Donor Network   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Mycobacteria; Organ transplantation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GENETIC DATABASE; GUATEMALA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TISSUE DONORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 4344694752     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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