Latent tuberculosis screening before kidney transplantation in the South of Brazil.

Gisele Meinerz Cynthia Keitel da Silva Damaris Mikaela Balin Dorsdt Julia Bertoni Adames Julio Pasquali Andrade Pedro Enrico Ventura Alexandre de Almeida Monteiro Alessandro Cumaru Pasqualotto Valter Duro Garcia Elizete Keitel

Published in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2021)

In the present study, the association of QFT to our routine LTBI screening incremented INH treatment referral, but there was still a high incidence of post-transplant TB, possibly related to other forms of infection, such as new exposure and donor transmission.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
mycobacterium tuberculosis
primary care
risk factors
clinical practice
emergency department
hepatitis c virus