Tuberculosis following solid organ transplantation

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-112

  Lopez De Castilla, D ^a   Schluger, N W ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Transplantation; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW YORK; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950574973     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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