Tuberculosis in Biologic-naïve Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: Risk Factors and Tuberculosis Characteristics.
Johanna Karlsson SundbaumElizabeth V ArkemaJudith BruchfeldJerker JonssonJohan AsklingEva BaecklundPublished in: The Journal of rheumatology (2021)
Several RA-associated factors may contribute to increased TB risk in biologic-naïve patients with RA, making the risk of TB activation difficult to predict in the individual patient. To further decrease TB in patients with RA, the results suggest that screening for latent TB should also be considered in biologic-naïve patients.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- disease activity
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- interstitial lung disease
- case report
- hiv aids
- prognostic factors
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- emergency department
- patient reported outcomes
- hiv infected
- systemic sclerosis
- adverse drug
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis