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Tuberculin skin test response in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis on anti-TNF therapy

Kenan BarutSezgin ŞahinAmra AdrovicMuhammet KöşkerOmer KilicYıldız CamcıoğluHaluk Cezmi CokugrasNecla AkçakayaBetül SözeriOzgur Kasapcopur
Published in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2018)
In the patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who were using biologic drugs, tuberculin skin test induration was significantly lower compared to the control group. Tuberculin skin tests alone seem inadequate for recognition of latent tuberculosis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients on anti-TNF therapy.
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