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TB in Children with Rheumatic Diseases by natanaelpioneiro is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This integrative review examines tuberculosis (TB) in children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases who are treated with biologic agents, analyzing 37 studies involving 36,198 patients. The findings indicate a low incidence of active TB, with most cases of latent TB infection diagnosed during screening, and emphasize the importance of screening for latent TB before initiating biologic therapy. The study highlights that the majority of TB cases were associated with the use of tumor necrosis factor-alpha i
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- natanaelpioneiro
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- EN