作者
Sang Kook Lee, Song Yee Kim, Eun Young Kim, Ji Ye Jung, Moo Suk Park, Young Sam Kim, Se Kyu Kim, Joon Chang, Young Ae Kang
发表日期
2013/10
期刊
Lung
卷号
191
页码范围
565-571
出版商
Springer US
简介
Background
The aims of this study were to determine the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease in patients who were treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists in South Korea and to evaluate their clinical characteristics.
Methods
We surveyed all patients (N = 509) who were treated with TNF antagonists at Severance Hospital, South Korea, between January 2002 and December 2011. We reviewed the patients’ medical records and collected microbiological, radiographic, and clinical data, including the type of TNF blocker(s) used and the results of tuberculin skin tests and interferon-gamma release assays.
Results
Rheumatoid arthritis (43.6 %) and ankylosing spondylitis (27.9 %) were the most common diseases in the patients treated with TNF antagonists …
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