The risk of tuberculosis disease in rheumatoid arthritis patients on biologics and targeted therapy: A 15-year real world experience in Taiwan

• Chong Hong Lim ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chong Hong Lim, Hsin-Hua Chen

  Affiliations Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Pulau Pinang General Hospital, Georgetown, Malaysia, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hsin-Hua Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chong Hong Lim, Hsin-Hua Chen

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Hsing Chen,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Der-Yuan Chen,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wen-Nan Huang,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jaw-Ji Tsai,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Tsu-Yi Hsieh,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chia-Wei Hsieh,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Wei-Ting Hung,

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Ching-Tsai Lin,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Lung Lai,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Kuo-Tung Tang,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chih-Wei Tseng,

  Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yi-Ming Chen

  * E-mail: ymchen1@vghtc.gov.tw

  Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7593-3065

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