Tuberculin reaction is not attenuated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis living in a region with intermediate burden of tuberculosis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1421-1424

  Lee, Kwang Hoon ^a   Jung, Sang Youn ^b   Ha, You Jung ^a   Lee, Soo Kon ^a   Park, Yong Beom ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b CHA Bundang Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti TNF agent; Latent tuberculosis infection; Rheumatoid arthritis; Tuberculin skin test

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN INDURATION; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84863626583     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1889-8     Document Type: Review

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