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Retesting for latent tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease after exposure to biologics
DOI 10.1055/s-0032-1313876
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Autor:innenP Papay, C Primas, A Eser, G Novacek, S Winkler, S Frantal, S Angelberger, A Mikulits, C Dejaco, H Vogelsang, W Reinisch
ZeitschriftZeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Ausgabe05/2012
Jahrgang / SeitenNicht angegeben
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Background/Aim: Patients treated with TNF-α inhibitors (TNFi) are at high risk of reactivation of latent tuberculosis (LTB). Prospective studies on monitoring of TB reactivation and/or infection in this risk group are lacking. Methods: We retested consecutive patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) under TNFi therapy for a minimum of 5 months for LTB by interferon-γ release assay (IGRA) and tuberculin skin te…
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P Papay, C Primas, A Eser, G Novacek, S Winkler, S Frantal, S Angelberger, A Mikulits, C Dejaco, H Vogelsang, W Reinisch (2012) Retesting for latent tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease after exposure to biologics. Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie (05). https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1313876
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