High-resolution CT findings of pulmonary Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in renal transplant recipients

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1058, 2016, Pages

  Pereira, Marisa ^a   Gazzoni, Fernando F ^b   Marchiori, Edson ^c   Irion, Klaus ^d   Moreira, Jose ^a   Giacomelli, Irai L ^b   Pasqualotto, Alessandro ^b   Hochhegger, Bruno ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MORTALITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPUTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84957894941     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20150686     Document Type: Article

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