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Risk factors and clinical outcomes of tuberculosis among kidney transplant recipients in high endemic country.

Saranya ThitisuriyaraxJakapat VanichananSuwasin UdomkarnjananunNatavudh TownamchaiKamonwan Jutivorakool
Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)
Incidence rate of TB in KT recipients is higher than normal population. Allograft rejection was identified as a significant risk factor. Increase unfavorable outcomes including graft loss and mortality were also observed among patients with TB.
Keyphrases
  • risk factors
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • kidney transplantation
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • cardiovascular events
  • cardiovascular disease
  • skeletal muscle
  • coronary artery disease