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DISSEMINATED TUBERCULOSIS IN A RENAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
Author(s) -
Wong K. K.,
Lim S. T. K.,
Yeung C. K.,
Ng W. L.,
Ong G. B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02422.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal transplant , tuberculosis , surgery , intensive care medicine , transplantation , pathology
A case of disseminated tuberculosis in a renal transplant recipient is presented. Tuberculosis can occur in the early postoperative period and is potentially curable. It should be vigilantly looked for in every case of post‐transplant infection.