Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Experience From a Single Center in China

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1382-1385

  Zhang, X F ^a   Lv, Y ^a   Xue, W J ^a   Wang, B ^a   Liu, C ^a   Tian, P X ^a   Yu, L ^a   Chen, X Y ^a   Liu, X M ^a  

^a First Affiliated Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEATH; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHINA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 45449106172     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.01.075     Document Type: Article

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