Extrapulmonary tuberculosis following allogeneic stem cell transplantation - A difficult and late diagnosis

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 489-491

  Tomaszewska, Agnieszka ^a   Nasiłowska Adamska, Barbara ^a   Prochorec Sobieszek, Monika ^a   Hałaburda, Kazimierz ^a   Szczepiński, Andrzej ^a   Mariańska, Bozena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND TRANSFUSION MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Extrapulmonary tuberculosis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; BUSULFAN; CLADRIBINE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; KETOPROFEN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECREASED APPETITE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ENGRAFTMENT; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FEVER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; JOINT SWELLING; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NAUSEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCED INTENSITY CONDITIONING; SKIN BIOPSY; SORE THROAT; WEAKNESS;

EID: 73449118566     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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