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Increased risk of mycobacterial infections associated with anti-rheumatic medications

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  • Sarah K Brode Joint Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Frances B Jamieson Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ryan Ng Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael A Campitelli Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jeffrey C Kwong Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Toronto Western Family Health Team, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • J Michael Paterson Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ping Li Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alex Marchand-Austin Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Claire Bombardier Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Theodore K Marras Joint Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Theodore K Marras, Toronto Western Hospital 7E 452, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8; ted.marras{at}uhn.ca
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Brode SK, Jamieson FB, Ng R, et al
Increased risk of mycobacterial infections associated with anti-rheumatic medications
Thorax 2015;70:677-682.

Publication history

  • Received October 23, 2014
  • Revised February 25, 2015
  • Accepted March 31, 2015
  • First published April 24, 2015.
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September 01, 2022

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