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Active and latent tuberculosis infections in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors in a non-endemic tuberculosis area.

Gregory R StrohTobias PeikertPatricio Escalante
Published in: Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII (2021)
Despite recent reports of TB in patients taking ICI, we found no patients developing TB during ICI therapy in our large retrospective cohort of ICI-treated cancer patients in a non-endemic TB area. The high rate of indeterminate IGRA results suggests the need for prospective research with better diagnostics to quantify the actual risk of TB in this patient population.
Keyphrases
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • end stage renal disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • ejection fraction
  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • bone marrow
  • adverse drug
  • cell therapy