TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN RHEUMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS IN THE TREATMENT BY INHIBITORS OF TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR
The data of 58 patients with various rheumatological diseases, as a high-risk group for the development of tuberculosis, were analyzed. Conducted standart clinical and radiological studies, in 24,1% of patients were supplemented by diagnostic tests. In 6,8 of patients a microbiological examination of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis was conducted. Local tuberculosis was excluded in all patients.