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Increased risk of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with rheumatic diseases

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2015

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Ming‐Chi Lu, Ching‐Lung Lai, Chieh‐Chih Tsai, Malcolm Koo, N-S Lai

The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Abstract

Elevated risks of PTB and EPTB were associated with various rheumatic diseases. Rheumatologists should be vigilant to the possibility of TB, and particularly EPTB, in their patients.