Risk factors for nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in solid organ transplant recipients: A case-control study

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-83

  Longworth, S A ^a   Vinnard, C ^b   Lee, I ^c   Sims, K D ^d   Barton, T D ^a   Blumberg, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mycobacteria; Nontuberculous; NTM; Risk factors; Solid organ transplant

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIA; NONTUBERCULOUS; NTM; RISK FACTORS; SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, NONTUBERCULOUS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84893842274     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12170     Document Type: Article

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