Title
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in transplant recipients: Case report and review of the literature
Date Issued
01 April 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Kentucky
Publisher(s)
Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Abstract
Transplant recipients are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). We describe a case of pulmonary and vertebral multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in a kidney transplant patient who required neurosurgical intervention and unfortunately developed fatal nosocomial complications. Thirteen transplant recipients with MDR-TB were previously reported in the literature (one hematopoietic cell transplant, one heart transplant, one lung transplant, one heart-lung transplant, and nine kidney transplant recipients). Extrapulmonary disease, severe treatment complications, and deaths were observed in patients who developed MDR-TB after transplantation.
Volume
19
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
FarmacologÃa, Farmacia
Sistema respiratorio
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85017007831
PubMed ID
Source
Transplant Infectious Disease
ISSN of the container
13982273
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
Scopus