The New England Journal of Medicine

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A Man with Fever, Abdominal Pain, and Pancytopenia after Renal Transplantation
A 33-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with fever, abdominal pain, and pancytopenia 15 years after renal transplantation. Imaging studies disclosed hepatosplenomegaly.
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Islet Transplantation and ImmunosuppressionExperiments using a mouse model of type 1 diabetes indicate that immunosuppressants used in islet transplantation may suppress beta-cell proliferation.
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Tuberculosis in Africa — Combating an HIV-Driven CrisisAfrica is facing the worst tuberculosis epidemic since the advent of the antibiotic era. Drs. Richard Chaisson and Neil Martinson write that the unprecedented growth of the epidemic is attributable to several factors, the most important being the HIV epidemic. (View a slide presentation on tuberculosis and HIV in Africa.) Free Full Text