Clinical Utility of Neutrophil CD64 to Detect Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Three Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergoing Treatment with Biologics

Clinical Utility of Neutrophil CD64 to Detect Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis in Three Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergoing Treatment with Biologics

Biologics play a key role in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while RA-related serious infection remains an unsettled clinical problem. Detection of tuberculosis (TB) is challenging due to the difficulty in distinguishing symptoms such as fever and elevation of inflammatory markers from o...

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Main Authors: Shinichi Nogi, Yoshiyuki Arinuma, Akiko Komiya, Atsushi Hashimoto, Toshihiro Matsui, Shigeto Tohma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2856546
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