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. 1974 Sep;27(9):734-7.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.27.9.734.

The nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) test in renal transplantation

A M Gordon, J D Briggs, P R Bell

The nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) test in renal transplantation

A M Gordon et al. J Clin Pathol. 1974 Sep.

Abstract

The nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) test has been evaluated as a means of differentiating episodes of infection and rejection in 10 cadaver kidney transplant recipients. Normal NBT values were observed during all 11 episodes of acute rejection. A significant elevation of the NBT score was encountered in six of eight episodes of infection after transplantation. A positive NBT result is useful additional evidence in favour of infection in patients in whom the differentiation of infection and rejection is proving difficult.

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