Therapeutic issues with, and long-term outcomes of, pulmonary mycobacterial tuberculosis treatment in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

Conclusions: Clinicians may encounter difficulties when treating PTB in patients with RD. Despite the favorable long-term outcomes of RD patients, the outcomes of individual patients such as those with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) should be interpreted with caution during post-therapy follow-up. PMID: 31903246 [PubMed]

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Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - January 8, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research