The Interplay of Disease Modifying Anti Rheumatic Drugs and Tuberculin Skin Test.

CONCLUSION: Steroid use and not treatment with methotrexate or other DMARDs was associated with TST negativity and thus TST should be interpreted with caution especially before starting biologicals.
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Source: Current Clinical Pharmacology - December 31, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Abdullah Z, Kumar A, Khan MA, Kumar U, Vyas S, Vishwakarma VK, Ranjan P, Biswas A, Wig N Tags: Curr Clin Pharmacol Source Type: research