Isolated hepatic tuberculosis in a transplanted liver

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 84-86

  Alothman, Adel ^a   Al Abdulkareem, A ^a   Al Hemsi, B ^a   Issa, S ^a   Al Sarraj, I ^a   Masoud, F ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Infectious complications; Liver transplant; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CIPROFLOXACIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC;

EID: 9144273233     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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