Latent tuberculosis infection amongst patients with rheumatic diseases in an Irish tertiary referral centre - A five-year review

J Infect. 2022 Jan;84(1):e18-e20. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.10.013. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

Authors

Monica Ramakrishnan¹, Wan Lin Ng², Martina Corbett², Laura Durcan², Fidelma Fitzpatrick³

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: monicaramakrishnan@rcsi.com.
² Department of Rheumatology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 34718045
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.10.013

No abstract available

Keywords: Arthritis; LTBI; Latent tuberculosis infection; Rheumatic diseases; Screening.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Interferon-gamma Release Tests
Latent Tuberculosis* / complications
Latent Tuberculosis* / diagnosis
Latent Tuberculosis* / epidemiology
Rheumatic Diseases* / complications
Rheumatic Diseases* / epidemiology
Tertiary Care Centers
Tuberculin Test
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

Substances

Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha