Liver transplantation for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-131

  Wang, B ^a   Lu, Yi ^a   Yu, L ^a   Liu, C ^a   Liu, X ^a   Wu, Z ^a   Zhu, H T ^a   Pan, C E ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Isoniazid; Liver transplantation; Rifampin; Treatment; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAPENTINE; TACROLIMUS; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 64249110085     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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