Tiago Torres, Andrea Chiricozzi, Luis Puig, Ana Maria Lé, Angelo Valerio Marzano, Paolo Dapavo, Esteban Dauden, Jόse-Manuel Carrascosa, Elizabeth Lazaridou, Gleison Duarte, André V E Carvalho, Ricardo Romiti, Natalia Rompoti, Laetitia Teixeira, Miguel Abreu, Elena Ippoliti, Carlo Alberto Maronese, Mar Llamas-Velasco, Eva Vilarrasa, Elena Del Alcázar, Athina-Ioanna Daponte, Marina Papoutsaki, Andrea Carugno, Francesco Bellinato, Paolo Gisondi
BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis has a major global impact. Immunocompetent hosts usually control this disease, resulting in an asymptomatic latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Because TNF inhibitors increase the risk of tuberculosis reactivation, current guidelines recommend tuberculosis screening before starting any biologic drug, and chemoprophylaxis if LTBI is diagnosed. Available evidence from clinical trials and real-world studies suggests that IL-17 and IL-23 inhibitors do not increase the risk of tuberculosis reactivation...
March 2024: American Journal of Clinical Dermatology