Nontuberuclous mycobacterial disease: updated diagnostic criteria for an under-recognized infectious complication of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy

Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol. 2007 Oct;3(10):E1. doi: 10.1038/ncprheum0621.

Authors

Kevin L Winthrop¹, Charles L Daley, David Griffith

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Ophthalmology, and Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA. winthrop@ohsu.edu

PMID: 17906608
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0621

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Letter

MeSH terms

Antirheumatic Agents / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / chemically induced*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / diagnosis*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / epidemiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / chemically induced
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha