Orthotopic liver transplantation for subacute hepatic failure following partial treatment of isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 272-275

  Nash, K L ^a   Yeung, T M ^a   Lehner, P J ^a   Gibbs, P ^a   Griffiths, W J H ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failure; Isoniazid resistant; Liver; Transplantation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE;

EID: 47849121502     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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