Risk of serious infection in healthcare workers with inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study of the Groupe d'Etude Thérapeutique des Affections Inflammatoires du tube Digestif (GETAID).

Charlotte GagnièreAnne BourrierPhilippe SeksikJean-Marc GornetOlivier DeWitStephane NanceyRomain AltweggVered AbitbolDavid LaharieCatherine ReenaersAnthony Buisson Benjamin ParienteStephanie ViennotLucine VuittonCarmen StefanescuPhilippe MarteauGuillaume BouguenJacques CosnesAurélien Amiotnull null

Published in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2018)

Healthcare workers with IBD do not have an increased risk of severe infection compared with other patients with IBD, except for tuberculosis. Screening for tuberculosis exposure should be assessed in this high-risk population when treated with anti-TNF agents.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
ulcerative colitis
pulmonary tuberculosis
hiv aids
rheumatoid arthritis
early onset
adverse drug
hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
drug induced
antiretroviral therapy
electronic health record