Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria in the general population and in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Crude incidence rates of TB and NTM disease observed in the general population and in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in a large northern California health maintenance organization 2000 to 2008.[1] Patient TB screening results were not reported in this study.
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Reprinted by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature Reviews Rheumatology. Winthrop KL, Iseman M. Bedfellows: mycobacteria and rheumatoid arthritis in the era of biologic therapy. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2013; 9:524. Copyright © 2013.
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