Risk of incident active tuberculosis disease in patients treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a population-based study

Risk of incident active tuberculosis disease in patients treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: a population-based study

Abstract Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) is one of the world’s most devastating public health threats. Our goal is to evaluate whether the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) affect the risk of new incident active TB disease. Methods We conducted a nested case-control an...

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Main Authors: Chun-Wei Wu, Jiunn-Yih Wu, Meng-Tse Gabriel Lee, Chih-Cheng Lai, I-Lin Wu, Yi-Wen Tsai, Shy-Shin Chang, Chien-Chang Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
NSAIDs
Coxibs
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-017-0425-3

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