Abstracts tagged "risk and tuberculosis"

Abstract Number: 823 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Risk of Active Tuberculosis in Patients with Arthritis Receiving TNF-α Inhibitors: A Look Beyond the Baseline Tuberculosis Screening Protocol
Alina Soare¹, Carina Mihai², Ana Maria Gherghe², Rucsandra Dobrota², Raida Oneata², Simona Pintilie², Mihaela Milicescu², Ioan Ancuta², Andrei Martin², Mariana Sasu², Claudia Ciofu², Liviu Macovei², Victor Stoica² and Mihai Bojinca², ¹internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy & Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, ²Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy & Cantacuzino Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Background/Purpose Tuberculosis (TB) is a major concern in patients receiving TNF inhibitors (TNFi), especially in countries with a high TB burden. Careful TB screening is…