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Abstracts tagged "Biologic agents and tuberculosis"

  • Abstract Number: 2157 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Tuberculosis Reactivation Risk in Patients Treated with Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Inhibitors: A Turkish Experience with Higher Mortality and Different Background Diseases

    Bunyamin Kisacik1, Omer Pamuk2, Ahmet Mesut Onat3, B. Erer4, Gulen Hatemi5, Yesim Ozguler6, Yavuz Pehlivan7, Levent Kilic8, Ihsan Ertenli8, Meryem Can9, Haner Direskeneli9, Gökhan Keser10, Fahrettin Oksel10, Ediz Dalkilic11, Sedat Yilmaz12, Salih Pay13, Ayse Balkarli14, Veli Cobankara15, Gozde Yildirim Cetin16, Mehmet Sayarlioglu17, Ayse Cefle18, Ayten Yazici18, Ali Berkant Avci19, Ender Terzioglu20, Suleyman Ozbek21, Servet Akar22 and Ahmet Gül23, 1Rheumatology, Gaziantep University, School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey, 2Trakya Üniversitesi, edirne, Turkey, 3Rheumatology, Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Gaziantep, Turkey, 4Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, 5Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 6University of Istanbul, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, 7Rheumatology, Uludag University, School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey, 8Hacettepe Üniversity, Ankara, Turkey, 9Marmara Üniversitesi, Ýstanbul, Turkey, 10Ege Üniversitesi, Ýzmir, Turkey, 11Uludað Üniversitesi, Bursa, Turkey, 12GATA, ANKARA, Turkey, 13GATA, Ankara, Turkey, 14Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Denizli, Turkey, 15Denizli Üniversitesi, Denizli, Turkey, 16Deparment of Rheumatology, Sutcu Imam University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Kahramanmaras, Turkey, 17Rheumatology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey, 18Department of Rheumatology, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey, 19Antalya University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Antalya, Turkey, 20School of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, 21Cukurova Üniversitesi, Adana, Turkey, 22Katip Çelebi Üniversitesi, Ýzmir, Turkey, 23Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

    Background/Purpose Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (anti-TNF) are a breakthrough for the treatment of inflammatory rheumatic diseases and tuberculosis (TB) is the prevailing and vitally…
  • Abstract Number: 1324 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

    Evaluation Of The Usefulness Of Interferon-Gamma Release Assays and Tuberculin Skin Test For Detection Of Latent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection In Korean Rheumatic Patients With Biologic Agents

    Jae-Hoon Kim1, Soyoung Won2, Chan-Bum Choi3, Yoon-Kyoung Sung4, Gwan Gyu Song1 and Sang-Cheol Bae5, 1Div of Rheum, Dept of Int Med, Korea Univ College of Med, Seoul, South Korea, 2Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis (CRCRA), Seoul, South Korea, 3Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis (CRCRA), Seoul, South Korea, 4Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, 5Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea

    Background/Purpose: The screening for and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) before starting biologic agents is crucial to prevent reactivation and resultant serious infection. Several…
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