Clinical characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis patients complicated with pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease: A cross-sectional case series study.
Yoichi NakayamaEisaku TanakaMasakuni UeyamaSatoru TeradaTakashi InaoYusuke KajiTakehiro YasudaSeishu HashimotoTakashi HajiroKazuhiro HattaSatoshi NomaYoshio TaguchiPublished in: Modern rheumatology (2022)
RA patients with lower BMI, RF/ACPA positivity, and abnormal CT findings including bronchiectasis were associated with pNTM. Treatment for pNTM may attain sputum negative conversion and radiological improvement in patients with RA.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- disease activity
- cystic fibrosis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- ankylosing spondylitis
- pulmonary hypertension
- computed tomography
- body mass index
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- combination therapy
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- weight loss