Screening tests for tuberculosis before starting biological therapy

BMJ. 2015 Mar 5:350:h1060. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h1060.

Authors

Richard J Hewitt¹, Marie Francis¹, Aran Singanayagam¹, Onn Min Kon²

Affiliations

¹ Chest and Allergy Department, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London W2 1NY, UK.
² Chest and Allergy Department, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London W2 1NY, UK Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, UK [email protected].

PMID: 25742884
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1060

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Biological Products / therapeutic use*
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Interferon-gamma / blood
Latent Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Tuberculin Test
Virus Activation / drug effects

Substances

Biological Products
Immunosuppressive Agents
Interferon-gamma