Tumour necrosis factor α inhibitors: Screening for tuberculosis infection in inflammatory bowel disease

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 168-170

  Gupta, Arun ^a   Street, Alan C ^a   Macrae, Finlay A ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; ISONIAZID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; BLOOD; DRUG ANTAGONISM; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTERFERON TYPE II; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 42449157299     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01565.x     Document Type: Article

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