Abstract
IntroductionRecipients of liver transplantation are prone to different types of infections such as tuberculosis (TB).Case PresentationHerein 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.ConclusionsOrgan 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.
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