Abstracts tagged "rheumatic disease and tuberculosis"

Abstract Number: 1235 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Isoniazid Monotherapy As a Prophylaxis for Tuberculosis in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Exposed to Prolonged, High-Dose Glucocorticoids
Jun Won Park¹, Jeffrey R. Curtis², Hajeong Lee³, Yeong Wook Song⁴ and Eun Bong Lee¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Although use of glucocorticoid increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease, there has been few studies investigating its incidence and risk/benefit assessment of the…
Abstract Number: 2409 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Older Age and Male Gender Are Independent Predictors of Quantiferon Positivity Among Adult Rheumatic Patients in a Tertiary Care Center from a BCG Vaccinated Country: Hur-BIO Single Center Real Life Results
Emrah Seyhoglu¹, Oguz Abdullah Uyaroglu¹, Abdulsamet Erden², Levent Kilic², Berkan Armagan², Alper Sari², Omer Karadag², Sule Apras Bilgen², Ali Akdogan², Ihsan Ertenli², Umut Kalyoncu² and Sedat Kiraz², ¹Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Background/Purpose: TNF-α inhibitors increase the risk of emergence of active tuberculosis (TB). Screening rheumatic patients for latent TB is a necessity before initiation of biological…
Abstract Number: 1363 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Active Tuberculosis Risk With Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors After Treating Latent Tuberculosis -a 7-Year Retrospective Observational Study
Minkyung Kwon¹, Mindong Sung¹, Yong-Jin Kwon¹, Young Goo Song¹, Sang-Won Lee², Min-Chan Park¹, Yong-Beom Park¹, Soo-Kon Lee¹ and Jason Jungsik Song¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, NV, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Active tuberculosis (TB) risk increases during anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy and latent TB infection (LTBI) screening is recommended in potential TNF inhibitor users.…