Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Occurring in a Kidney Transplant Patient with Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) occurring in solid organ transplantation (SOT) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality usually due to delays in diagnosis, drug toxicity encountered with antimycobacterial therapy, and drug-drug interactions. TB in SOT patients may mimic other infectious and noninfec...

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Main Authors: Jose Iglesias, Kandria Jumil Ledesma, Paul J. Couto, Jessie Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6290987