Determinants and characteristics of tuberculosis in liver transplant recipients

Aylin Özgen Alpaydın Mücahit Özbilgin Madina Abdulleyeva Selver Seda Mersin Tufan Egeli Tarkan Unek Oğuz Kılınç İbrahim Kemal Astarcıoğlu Vildan Avkan Oguz

Published in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2018)

The prevalence of TB in LT recipients at our center was similar to that in the current literature. LTBI screening, including risk factor assessment and TST/QuantiFERON-TB testing, is necessary in the early diagnostic workup for TB in LT recipients.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
risk factors
pulmonary tuberculosis
systematic review
kidney transplantation
hiv aids
adverse drug
antiretroviral therapy