Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to recipients of single lung transplants from the same donor

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1166-1168

  Ridgeway, A Lynn ^a   Warner, G Scott ^a   Phillips, Penny ^a   Forshag, Mark S ^a   McGiffin, David C ^a   Harden, James W ^a   Harris, Randall H ^a   Benjamin Jr , William H ^a   Zorn Jr , George L ^a   Dunlap, Nancy E ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW;

EID: 9044250485     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.153.3.8630561     Document Type: Review

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