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Rectal tuberculosis after infliximab therapy despite negative screening for latent tuberculosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis

Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors are now considered as standard therapy for patients with severe inflammatory bowel disease who do not respond to corticosteroids, but they carry a definite risk of reactivation of tuberculosis. We present a case in which a patient with inflammatory bowel disease de...

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Autores principales: Singh, Jatinderpal, Puri, Amarender S, Sachdeva, Sanjeev, Sakhuja, Puja, Arivarasan, Kulandaivelu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4863053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27175120
http://dx.doi.org/10.5217/ir.2016.14.2.183