Hepatitis C virus, an important risk factor for tuberculosis in immunocompromised: Experience with kidney transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 873-878

  Torres, Juan ^a   Aguado, Jose María ^a   San Juan, Rafael ^a   Andrés, Amado ^a   Sierra, Prado ^a   López Medrano, Francisco ^a   Morales, Jose María ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Kidney transplantation; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Risk factors; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 49649118305     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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