The first report of co-existence of pulmonary tuberculosis and lung malignancy in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report and literature review

Abstract Background Along with the medical development, organ transplant patients increase dramatically. Since these transplant patients take immunosuppressants for a long term, their immune functions are in a suppressed state, prone to all kinds of opportunistic infections and cancer. However, it i...

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Main Authors: Gang Fang, Ning-Chang Cheng, Li-Li Huang, Wei-Ping Xie, Chun-Mei Hu, Wei Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06350-x