Clinical Features and Outcomes of Tuberculosis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Treated with Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy.
Conclusions: The rate of extrapulmonary involvement, side effects of anti-TB medications, and clinical outcomes did not differ between the IBD patients who initially developed TB during anti-TNF therapy and non-IBD patients with TB. On the other hand, the IBD patients had a lower rate of AFB smear positivity and a higher proportion of non-respiratory symptoms.
PMID: 31986571 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Korean J Gastroenter... - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Kim J, Im JP, Yim JJ, Lee CK, Park DI, Eun CS, Jung SA, Shin JE, Lee KM, Cheon JH Tags: Korean J Gastroenterol Source Type: research
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