Latent tuberculosis screening tests and active tuberculosis infection rates in Turkish inflammatory bowel disease patients under anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy

BACKGROUND: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitors increase the risk of tuberculosis (TB). The objective of the present study was to determine the rate of active TB infection in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients receiving anti-TNF therapy and to determine the results of their latent TB inf...

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Autores principales: Çekiç, Cem, Aslan, Fatih, Vatansever, Sezgin, Topal, Firdevs, Yüksel, Elif Sarıtaş, Alper, Emrah, Dallı, Ayşe, Ünsal, Belkıs
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4367214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25831138

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