title: Isolated tuberculosis of transplanted liver, a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Recipients of liver transplantation are prone to different types of infections such as tuberculosis (TB).
  
  
  METHODS
  Herein we report a 59-year-old man with liver transplantation due to HBV cirrhosis who developed isolated hepatic TB, 18 months after OLT (orthotropic liver transplantation). He has been successfully treated with anti-TB regimen and now after 12 months he is completely symptom-free.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Organ transplantation and treatment of transplanted patients with immunosuppressive drugs would prone them to various unusual infections. One of these is unusual primary involvement of liver by tuberculosis which has been extremely rare in the previous reports.
authors.affiliation: Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, IR Iran ; Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Science, Shiraz, IR Iran.
authors.forename: Bita
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geramizadeh
authors.forename: Saman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nikeghbalian
authors.forename: Parisa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Janghorban
authors.forename: Seyed Ali
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Malekhosseini
keywords: Liver; Liver Transplantation; Tuberculosis
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