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A population-based study of tuberculosis incidence among rheumatic disease patients under anti-TNF treatment

INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The advent of immunobiologic therapy with TNF inhibitors agents, has been associated with a significant increase in incident cases of tuberculosis in this population. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the incidence o...

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Autores principales: Sartori, Natália Sarzi, Picon, Paulo, Papke, Afonso, Neyeloff, Jeruza Lavanholi, da Silva Chakr, Rafael Mendonça
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6886754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31790428
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224963