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Tuberculosis
Research from A. Basiri and co-researchers in the area of tuberculosis described
September 23rd, 2008
"Tuberculosis (TB) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients and, because of its infrequency and the lack of medical awareness, it is usually misdiagnosed. This study was carried out to determine frequency and weight of multiple risk factors for post kidney transplantation TB," investigators in Iran report. "A total of 44 cases (0.3%), out of 12,820 patients from 12 major kidney transplantation centers in Iran from 1984 to 2003, were compared with 184 healthy transplant subjects who were transplanted by the same surgical team. The mean age of cases and controls was 37.7 (13-63) and 35.6 (8-67) years (P = 0.3), respectively. The mean...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-23)
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