Rheumatologic Disease

Data on rheumatologic disease reported by researchers at Cukurova University

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 2nd, 2008

According to a study from Adana, Turkey, "It is recommended to evaluate the presence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) before initiating antitumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNF) therapy for rheumatologic diseases. We aimed to present the follow-up results of 192 patients with rheumatologic diseases before anti-TNF therapy for LTBI."

"We enrolled 192 patients who were given anti-TNF therapy for their rheumatologic diseases between April 2005 and January 2008. The demographic characteristics of the patients were recorded. Chest X-ray was obtained and tuberculin skin test (TST) was performed in all patients before anti-TNF therapy. LTBI was assessed by detailed...

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