Knowledge and Attitudes About Screening and Preventive Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection Among Patients with Rheumatic Diseases in Beijing, China
Educating RD patients about their individual risks of TB and the side effects of treatment, and educating/empowering rheumatologists to discuss these aspects with their patients and to offer LTBI screening and treatment, may help improve patients' compliance with LTBI screening and TPT.
Authors
- Lidan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6599-3339)
- Yan Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7679-1713)
- Xiaochun Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5182-4233)
- Xiaoqing Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1309-5454)
- Tao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4357-9193)
- Lifan Zhang
- Lantian Xie
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection and Drug Resistance
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/idr.s471448
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.78
Funders
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital