Prevention and management of tuberculosis in solid organ transplant recipients

DJ Epstein, AK Subramanian - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2018 - id.theclinics.com
Because immune suppression to prevent allograft rejection is a cornerstone of solid organ
transplantation (SOT), infections occur with relative frequency and often with increased …

Prevalence of active tuberculosis infection in transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Mamishi, B Pourakbari, M Moradzadeh… - Microbial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is considered as a serious complication of organ transplant;
therefore, the detection and appropriate treatment of active TB infection is highly …

Long‐term outcomes among kidney transplant recipients and after graft failure: A single‐center cohort study in Brazil

PR Bicalho, LR Requião-Moura… - BioMed research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. The results of kidney transplantation are impacted by the categories of events
responsible for patient death and graft failure. The objective of this study was to evaluate the …

Mycobacterial infections in patients with chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation

LJ Cahuayme-Zuniga, KB Brust - Advances in chronic kidney disease, 2019 - Elsevier
Patients with chronic kidney disease have impaired immunity that increases their risk of
infection. Increased incidence of mycobacterial infections, in particular Mycobacterium …

Screening for latent tuberculosis infection in solid organ transplant recipients to predict active disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic studies

D Yahav, MR Gitman, I Margalit, T Avni… - Open forum …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy
studies to assess the predictive value of both tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis in solid organ transplant donors and recipients

M Malinis, A Koff - Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The appropriate evaluation of donors and recipients for TB can mitigate posttransplant TB
disease. Current approaches to diagnosis and treatment parallels that of immunocompetent …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection after kidney transplantation: a comprehensive review

BM Sorohan, G Ismail, D Tacu, B Obrișcă, G Ciolan… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tuberculosis (TB) in kidney transplant (KT) recipients is an important opportunistic infection
with higher incidence and prevalence than in the general population and is associated with …

Clinical characteristics of tuberculous infection following renal transplantation

J Zou, T Wang, T Qiu, Z Chen, J Zhou, X Ma, Z Jin… - Transplant …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective This study investigated the clinical characteristics of patients with tuberculosis (TB)
following renal transplantation (RT) in order to identify markers or signs that can facilitate …

Patient selection for kidney transplant

CE Marroquin - Surgical Clinics, 2019 - surgical.theclinics.com
The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has increased steadily over the last
several decades, in part because of the obesity epidemic, alone or in combination with an …

[HTML][HTML] Tuberculosis in kidney transplant candidates and recipients

P Prasad, S Sharma… - World Journal of …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of infectious mortality and morbidity in the world,
second only to coronavirus disease 2019. Patients with chronic kidney disease and kidney …