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Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) before anti-TNF-alpha treatment - the tuberculin skin test is useful

C. Goujon, Audrey Nosbaum, Benoît Bensaïd, Aurore Rozières, Jean‐François Nicolas, F. Bérard

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ejd.2012.1812 Auteur(s) : Catherine Goujon1,2 catherine.goujon@chu-lyon.fr, Audrey Nosbaum2,3, Benoit Bensaid2, Aurore Rozieres, Jean-Francois Nicolas2,3, Frederic Berard2,3 1 Unite de recherche clinique en immunologie, 2 Allergologie et Immunologie clinique, 3 Lyon1 University INSERM U851, Centre hospitalier Lyon sud, 69495 Pierre-Benite, France A 60-year old woman with psoriasis and associated arthritis was referred to our clinic for initiating TNF antagonists. She had been successfully [...]

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Key concepts: Medicine, Latent tuberculosis, Tuberculin, Psoriatic arthritis, Skin test, Tuberculin test, Psoriasis, Tuberculosis