| Title | Tuberculosis transmitted through transplantation |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2001 |
| Authors | Graham JC, Kearns AM, Magee JG, El-Sheikh MF, Hudson M, Manas D, Gould FK, Orr KE, Freeman R |
| Journal | J Infect |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pagination | 251 - 4 |
| Date Published | Nov |
| ISSN | 0163-4453 (Print) 0163-4453 (Linking) |
| Accession Number | 11869064 |
| Keywords | Adult, Cadaver, Cross Infection / diagnosis / transmission, Female, Humans, Kidney Transplantation / *adverse effects, Liver Transplantation / *adverse effects, Male, Middle Aged, Mycobacterium tuberculosis / genetics / *isolation & purification, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Risk Factors, Tuberculosis / *diagnosis / *transmission, Tuberculosis, Hepatic / diagnosis / transmission, Tuberculosis, Renal / diagnosis / transmission |
| Abstract | Tuberculosis in solid organ transplant recipients is associated with relatively high morbidity and mortality and is often extra-pulmonary. Reactivation of dormant infection is the usual mode of acquisition with donor and nosocomial transmission occurring infrequently. We report two cases of probable donor transmitted extra-pulmonary infection where both isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis proved to be indistinguishable using hemi-nested inverse PCR of the IS 6110 region. |
| DOI | 10.1053/jinf.2000.0879 S0163-4453(00)90879-X [pii] |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 604 |
Tuberculosis transmitted through transplantation
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