Stringent screening strategy significantly reduces reactivation rates of tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease on anti-TNF therapy in tuberculosis endemic region.
Peeyush KumarSudheer K VuyyuruBhaskar KantePabitra SahuSandeep GoyalDeepak MadhuSaransh JainMukesh Kumar RanjanSandeep MundhraRithvik GollaMukesh SinghShubi VirmaniAnvita GuptaNidhi YadavMani KalaivaniRaju SharmaPrasenjit DasGovind Kumar MakhariaSaurabh KediaVineet AhujaPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2022)
The high risk of TB reactivation with anti-TNF therapy in TB endemic regions can be significantly mitigated with stringent LTB screening and chemoprophylaxis.