Prevalence of positive tuberculin skin test in a Brazilian sample of rheumatoid arthritis and spondylarthritis patients.
Beatriz Silva LemesCarina Albuquerque RobertoAndré Rochinski BusanelloBárbara Stadler KahlowThelma Larocca SkareRenato Mitsunori NisiharaPublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2024)
The tuberculosis skin test-positive prevalence in rheumatoid arthritis was lower than in the spondyloarthritis sample. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis using a higher dosage of methotrexate or with spondyloarthritis using sulfasalazine had more frequency of tuberculosis skin test positivity and should be carefully followed by the attending physician in order to avoid the appearance of full-blown tuberculosis.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- disease activity
- ankylosing spondylitis
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- soft tissue
- end stage renal disease
- wound healing
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- risk factors
- hiv aids
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- emergency department
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- high dose
- interstitial lung disease
- low dose
- tertiary care
- patient reported outcomes
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- human immunodeficiency virus