The risk factors and laboratory diagnostics for post renal transplant tuberculosis: a case-control, country-wide study on definitive cases.

A, Basiri; SM, Hosseini-Moghaddam; N, Simforoosh; B, Einollahi; B, Einollahi; M, Hosseini; A, Foirouzan; F, Pourrezagholi; M, Nafar; MA, Zargar; G, Pourmand; A, Tara; H, Mombeni; MR, Moradi; MR, Moradi; AT, Afshar; HR, Gholamrezaee; A, Bohlouli; H, Nezhadgashti; A, Akbarzadehpasha; E, Ahmad; M, Salehipour; M, Yazdani; A, Nasrollahi; N, Oghbaee; RE, Azad; Z, Mohammadi; Z, Razzaghi

doi:10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00271.x

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The risk factors and laboratory diagnostics for post renal transplant tuberculosis: a case-control, country-wide study on definitive cases.

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Basiri A

Hosseini-Moghaddam SM

Simforoosh N

Abstract

Background Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients and, because of its infrequency and the lack of medical awareness, it is usually misdiagnosed. This study was carried out to determine frequency and weight of multiple risk factors for post k...

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