Tuberculosis in renal transplant patients
Tuberculosis (TB) was diagnosed in 25 of 466 patients who underwent renal transplant over a period of 15 years. TB developed from 1 month to 9 years post-transplant. In 56% of the cases the onset was within the first post-transplant year. TB affected several isolated or combined organs. Pulmonary in...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1987-10-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651987000500002&lng=en&tlng=en |