Ankylosing Spondylitis
Research results from N. Inanc and colleagues update understanding of ankylosing spondylitis
Published in Tuberculosis Week, February 8th, 2010
In this recently published article, scientists in Istanbul, Turkey conducted a study "To compare the Quantiferon-TB Gold test (QTF-G) with the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS), with reevaluation of the patients treated with tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) antagonists in the followup. The study involved 140 consecutive patients. 82 with RA and 58 with AS."
"Thirty patients were evaluated with QTF-G for detection of LTBI before and after 6 months of TNF-a antagonist treatment. QTF-G was also performed on 49 healthy controls. QTF-G...
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