Tuberculosis in children and adolescents using biological agents: a nationwide cohort study from Turkey
The low frequency of TB may be due to effective TB screening before and during the therapy. The age of diagnosis was older, pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB involvement was more common in children using biological agents, which may be related to the immunosuppressive effects. Children using biological agents who are also using naproxen should be closely followed up in terms of pulmonary TB.
Authors
- Tuğba Şişmanlar Eyüboğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7284-4999)
- Sinem Can Oksay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9801-3181)
- Naim Ata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6947-2821)
- Şuayıp Birinci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8104-6198)
- Mustafa Mahir Ülgü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0825-1851)
- Ayşe Tana Aslan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5360-8517)
- Volkan Medeni
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (TR)
- Tarımsal Araştırmalar ve Politikalar Genel Müdürlüğü (TR)
- Gazi University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pulmonary Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-025-03616-x
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00