Liver transplantation for acute liver failure due to antitubercular drugs – a single-center experience

Liver transplantation for acute liver failure due to antitubercular drugs – a single-center experience

OBJECTIVES: Patients receiving treatment for tuberculosis are at risk of developing acute liver failure due to the hepatotoxicity of antitubercular drugs. We aimed to describe our experience with liver transplantation from deceased donors in this situation. METHODS: We identified patients undergoin...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo Bronze de Martino, Edson Abdala, Felipe Castro Villegas, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, Alice Tung Wan Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2018-07-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
Hepatic Insufficiency
Drug Toxicity
Survival
Liver Transplantation
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322018000100243&lng=en&tlng=en

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