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Tuberculosis
Research conducted at San Paolo Hospital has updated our knowledge about tuberculosis
August 26th, 2008
According to recent research from Savona, Italy, "The late occurrence of a large and often long-lasting effusion in the pleural and peritoneal cavities after liver transplantation is an uncommon and poorly understood complication." "Even rarer (<1%) is the incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) in Western world series. Herein we have described a case of massive pleural effusion and ascites due to MT occurring 22 months after liver transplantation for hepatitis C virus (HCV) cirrhosis," wrote A. Grasso and colleagues, San Paolo Hospital. The researchers concluded: "The infection was successfully treated with no hepatotoxicity or rejection, so...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-26)
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