Tuberculous Pneumonia Related To Adalimumabtreatment
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Tuberculous Pneumonia Related To Adalimumabtreatment

Anatol J Gen Med Res 2012;22(3):187-190 DOI: 10.5222/terh.2012.03488
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Abstract

A 54 year-old female patient with a history of rheumatoid arthritis is presented in this article. She developed pulmonary tuberculosis after 4 months of mistakenly high dose anti TNF-alpha treatment with concomitant 300mg/d Isoniazid prophylaxis. This case report points out to the fact that protocol starting tuberculosis prophilaxis a few month before anti TNF-alpha treatment should be considered.

Keywords: Anti-TNF alpha, Pulmunary tuberculosis, Rheumatoid arthritis