Treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents is recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing ...

July 10 -- THURSDAY, July 9 (HealthDay News) -- An arthritis therapy appears to increase the risk of tuberculosis in certain patients, French researchers have found. Their study examined the ...

Immunologist Johan Van Weyenbergh (KU Leuven) and his Belgian-Brazilian colleagues have shown that a drug used to fight arthritis also stops the process that allows the tuberculosis bacillus to infect ...

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Immunologist Johan Van Weyenbergh (KU Leuven) and his Belgian-Brazilian colleagues have shown that a drug used to fight arthritis also stops the process that allows the tuberculosis bacillus to infect ...

WASHINGTON (AP) Rheumatoid arthritis patients must be tested for tuberculosis before they begin taking a treatment called Remicade, the drug maker and the government announced Wednesday. Patients ...

In modern times a relationship between tuberculosis (TB) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been firmly recognized, and is primarily attributable to the immunosuppressive therapies used to treat RA.

For the first time, physicians can examine the systemic burden of inflammatory arthritis simultaneously across all joints and organ systems, using the high-sensitivity, high-resolution uEXPLORER total ...

Can we evolve to be immune to diseases? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Drew ...

Treatment with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents is recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ...

Immunologists have shown that a drug used to fight arthritis also stops the process that allows the tuberculosis bacillus to infect and hijack blood stem cells. Immunologist Johan Van Weyenbergh (KU ...