safety and tuberculosis Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 2628 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Retention of Use and Safety of Subcutaneous Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Patient Record Assessment in a Compassionate Use Programme in South Africa, a Tuberculosis Endemic Country
I Louw¹, M Ally², DC Janse van Rensburg², E Van Duuren³, D Nel³, H Miller-Janson⁴, M de Necker⁴, JC de Beer⁴ and H Duvenhage⁵, ¹Panorama Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa, ²University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, ³Jacaranda Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa, ⁴HEXOR (PTY) Ltd, Pretoria, South Africa, ⁵Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: South Africa is a tuberculosis (TB) endemic country having one of the highest TB infection rates in the world with close to 1000 cases…
Abstract Number: 1222 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
The Risk of Tuberculosis (TB) in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with TNF Inhibitors and the Safety of Resuming Biologic Dmards for Patients Who Developed TB after Anti-TNF Treatment
Soo-Kyung Cho¹, Dam Kim¹, Hye-Jin Jeong², Il Woong Sohn², Soyoung Won³, Minkyung Han³, Jiyoung Lee³, Eun Jin Jang⁴, Sang-Cheol Bae¹ and Yoon-Kyoung Sung¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis (CRCRA), Seoul, South Korea, ²Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seoul, South Korea, ³Clinical Research Center for Rheumatoid Arthritis (CRCRA), Seoul, South Korea, ⁴Information Statistics, Andong National University, Andong-si, South Korea
Background/Purpose: The association between TNF inhibitor (TNFI) treatment and the development of tuberculosis (TB) has been confirmed through several observational studies. Current guidelines strongly recommend…
Abstract Number: 1817 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
The Role of Repeating Tuberculin Skin Tests During Biologic Therapy
Joseph R. Lutt¹ and Kevin L. Winthrop², ¹Colorado Center for Arthritis & Osteoporosis, Boulder, CO, ²Dept of Infectious Disease, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
The Role of Repeating Tuberculin Skin Tests during Biologic TherapyBackground/Purpose: Prior to starting biologic therapy, it is recommended that all patients be screened for tuberculosis…

Abstracts tagged "safety and tuberculosis"

Retention of Use and Safety of Subcutaneous Abatacept in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Patient Record Assessment in a Compassionate Use Programme in South Africa, a Tuberculosis Endemic Country

The Risk of Tuberculosis (TB) in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with TNF Inhibitors and the Safety of Resuming Biologic Dmards for Patients Who Developed TB after Anti-TNF Treatment

The Role of Repeating Tuberculin Skin Tests During Biologic Therapy