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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Main Authors: Flávio Jota de Paula, Luiz Sérgio Azevedo, Luiz Balthazar Saldanha, Luiz Estevam Ianhez, Emil Sabbaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1987-10-01
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