Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplantation

Active tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major opportunistic infections that may occur in solid organ transplant recipients. Diagnosis and treatment of latent and active TB are challenging in this population due to lack of randomized clinical trials. In this review, we discuss the clinical manifestati...

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Autores principales: Alizadeh, Afshin Mohammad, Marjani, Majid, Moniri, Afshin, Baghaei, Parvaneh, Jabbehdari, Sayena, Javanmard, Pedram, Tabarsi, Payam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28210275
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author Alizadeh, Afshin Mohammad
Marjani, Majid
Moniri, Afshin
Baghaei, Parvaneh
Jabbehdari, Sayena
Javanmard, Pedram
Tabarsi, Payam
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Marjani, Majid
Moniri, Afshin
Baghaei, Parvaneh
Jabbehdari, Sayena
Javanmard, Pedram
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description Active tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major opportunistic infections that may occur in solid organ transplant recipients. Diagnosis and treatment of latent and active TB are challenging in this population due to lack of randomized clinical trials. In this review, we discuss the clinical manifestations of TB, diagnosis of latent TB and treatment of both latent and active TB.
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spelling pubmed-53049542017-02-16 Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplantation Alizadeh, Afshin Mohammad Marjani, Majid Moniri, Afshin Baghaei, Parvaneh Jabbehdari, Sayena Javanmard, Pedram Tabarsi, Payam Tanaffos Review Article Active tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major opportunistic infections that may occur in solid organ transplant recipients. Diagnosis and treatment of latent and active TB are challenging in this population due to lack of randomized clinical trials. In this review, we discuss the clinical manifestations of TB, diagnosis of latent TB and treatment of both latent and active TB. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5304954/ /pubmed/28210275 Text en Copyright© 2016 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplantation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28210275
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