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Disseminated tuberculosis in adolescent systemic lupus erythematosus after negative baseline screening: a case report
2026-06-19
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB) because of disease-related immune dysregulation and prolonged immunosuppressive therapy. Screening for latent TB infection (LTBI) before initiating immunosuppression is recommended, although both the tuberculin skin test (TST) and interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) may yield fals...
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- 2c2b289c-4616-53d7-b227-624b8d304698
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9728431/v1
