1.Diagnosis and Curative Effect of Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplantation Patients
Hong CHEN ; Hang LIU ; Qing ZHANG ; Letian WAMG ; Yan TIAN ; Xu WANG
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology 2009;0(14):-
OBJECTIVE To investigate the clinical feature,diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in post-solid organ transplantation patients.METHODS The clinical data of 11 patients with tuberculosis post-solid organ transplantation were analyzed retrospectively,in which eight cases were the patients with post-liver transplantation,two cases were the patients with post-kidney transplantation and one patient with post-liver and kidney transplantation.The diaghosis were based on the case history,pathogenic,image and the consequence of diagnostic therapy against tuberculosis were observed.RESULTS Infection rate of tuberculosis after liver transplantation,kidney transplantation and combined liver and kidney transplantation were 0.92%,1.10% and 7.14%,respectively.The three cases suffered from acute miliary tuberculosis.One case suffered from exudative pulmonary tuberculosis.One case suffered from tuberculosis pleuritis.One case suffered from lymph node tuberculosis.One case suffered from tuberculosis of lumber spine complicating exudative pulmonary tuberculosis.Four cases were not found lesion in their body.Each patient was adopted with individual treatment.The following up were 83 day to 1080 day.One case was died.Ten cases were cured.CONCLUSIONS Tuberculosis patients with post-solid organ transplantation had atypical clinical symptom under immunosuppressive agents.Part of the patients are lacked of evidences from image,bacteriology or immunology.Diagnostic errors are made sometimes.Diagnostic therapy against tuberculosis should be put into practice for the patients with suspicious tuberculosis.