TB in paediatric kidney transplant recipients - A single-centre experience.

Privilage D Makanda-CharambiraPeter NourseValerie A LuyckxAshton CoetzeeMignon I McCulloch

Published in: Pediatric transplantation (2021)

Kidney transplant recipients in endemic countries have a high risk of developing TB. Diagnosis remains a challenge. Frequent and meticulous monitoring of immunosuppression drug levels during treatment of TB is required to avoid loss of patient or graft. INH prophylaxis protects against development of TB in this population.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
emergency department
intensive care unit
case report
adverse drug