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Latent tuberculosis: Risk factors, screening and treatment in liver transplantation recipients from an endemic area

BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing solid organ transplantation, particularly those who live or have lived in tuberculosis (TB) endemic areas, are at a high risk of developing TB. The majority of post-transplantation TB cases are associated with reactivation of latent TB infection (LTBI). Brazil is in a...

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Autores principales: Lauar, Isabela Dias, Faria, Luciana Costa, Romanelli, Roberta Maia de Castro, Clemente, Wanessa Trindade
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8713304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35070787
http://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v11.i12.512