Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplantation

Document Type : Review Article

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1 Bone Marrow Transplantation Department, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,

2 2 Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Active tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major opportunistic infections that may occur in solid organ transplant recipients. Diagnosis and treatment of latent and active TB are challenging in this population due to lack of randomized clinical trials. In this review, we discuss the clinical manifestations of TB, diagnosis of latent TB and treatment of both latent and active TB.
TANAFFOS (Respiration)
Volume 15, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
October 2016
Pages 124-127

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