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The Risk of Tuberculosis Transmission in Solid Organ Transplant: Is It More Than a Theoretical Concern?
Author(s) -
Gregory Rose
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-1493
pISSN - 1712-9532
DOI - 10.1155/2005/287460
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , context (archaeology) , dilemma , transmission (telecommunications) , intensive care medicine , mycobacterium tuberculosis , medicine , transplantation , organ transplantation , biology , computer science , pathology , surgery , epistemology , paleontology , telecommunications , philosophy
The present case report describes a therapeutic dilemma regarding the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis during transplantation of solid organs, places this phenomenon within the context of the literature, and makes recommendations for screening and therapy.

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