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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...
Autores principales: | Lauar, Isabela Dias, Faria, Luciana Costa, Romanelli, Roberta Maia de Castro, Clemente, Wanessa Trindade |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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