Characteristics of Tuberculosis Infection in Rheumatic Disease

National Taiwan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tuberculosis; Autoimmune Diseases

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03736278

201805069RIND

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective study evaluating the characteristics of tuberculosis infection in patients of rheumatic disease.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patients with International Classification of Diseases (ICD) codes of rheumatic diseases during 2006-2017
• Definite evidence of tuberculosis infection

Exclusion criteria

• HIV, malignancy, not follow-up rheumatic disease in National Taiwan University Hospital, younger than 20-year-old, refusing attend research