Prevention of Tuberculosis in Patients Treated With Biological Therapies: 20 Years' Experience in a Specialized Tuberculosis Clinic in a Low-prevalence Country
Although BioT-associated TB can be significantly reduced, it is not completely preventable. Neither dual testing nor periodic systematic re-screening for TB infection is warranted after a negative pre-BioT test.
Authors
- Jordi Guardiola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0464-241X)
- Javier Narváez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1614-8064)
- Núria Sabé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1697-4347)
- Cristina Trapero
- Rosa Fornons‐Servent (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5791-8152)
- Xavier Solanich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2572-2187)
- Joan M. Nolla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-6767)
- Enrique Sánchez‐Pastor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2337-3355)
- Miguel Santín (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-3543)
- Francisco Rodríguez‐Moranta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4025-5510)
- Carmen Gómez‐Vaquero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-0349)
- Maria D. Grijota‐Camino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7729-6864)
- Alexandra Ruiz‐Cerulla
- J. Notario (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9676-6147)
- Xavier Juanola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5998-6300)
- Sandra Pérez‐Recio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4294-9922)
- Laura Berbel-Arcobé (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3373-7503)
- M. Luque
Institutions
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Bellvitge University Hospital (ES)
- Institut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge (ES)
- Ajuntament de L’Hospitalet (ES)
- Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (ES)
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (ES)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaf491
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.19