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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be a major opportunistic infection after renal transplantation especially in the tropical countries. The risk of TB in renal transplant recipients is reported to be 20-74 times higher than that in the general population. Genitourinary TB that occurs after renal transplantation in uncommon and appears to present differently than genitourinary TB in the non-transplant population. An increased risk of graft rejection and graft loss has been reported. We report three cases of genitourinary TB in renal transplant recipients, all of whom had a good clinical outcome and a review of published literature.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17524075 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01853.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Transplant ISSN: 1600-6135 Impact factor: 8.086