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. 2020 Jun 22;12:1759720X20930116. doi: 10.1177/1759720X20930116

Table 3.

Tuberculosis (TB) screening tests seroconversion rates between different biologic DMARDs and cases with seroconversion that developed active TB.

Drug Disease Patients Number of Conversions Active TB Rate (%) Country Reference
Etanercept RA 62 6 0 9.7 Italy Cuomo et al.81
Etanercept RA, JIA, AS 27 4 0 14.8 Italy Cerda et al.82
Adalimumab RA 60 11 0 18.3 Italy Cuomo et al.81
Adalimumab RA, JIA, AS 18 3 1 16.7 Italy Cerda et al.82
Etanercept, Adalimumab PsO 91 13 0 14.3 Taiwan Cheng et al.80
Infliximab RA 11 1 0 9.1 Italy Cuomo et al.81
Infliximab RA, JIA, AS 15 0 0 0 Italy Cerda et al.82
Certolizumab RA 19 1 0 5.3 Italy Cuomo et al.81
Certolizumab RA, JIA, AS 1 0 0 0 Italy Cerda et al.82
Golimumab RA 16 2 0 12.5 Italy Cuomo et al.81
Golimumab RA, JIA, AS 3 0 0 0 Italy Cerda et al.82
Ustekinumab PsO 109 8 0 7.3 Taiwan Hsiao et al.79
Secukinumab PsO 96 1 0 1 Taiwan Wu et al.83
Tocilizumab RA 44 7 0 15.9 Italy Cuomo et al.81
Tocilizumab RA, JIA, AS 13 1 0 7.7 Italy Cerda et al.82
Abatacept RA 37 6 0 16.2 Italy Cuomo et al.81
Abatacept RA, JIA, AS 8 0 0 0 Italy Cerda et al.82
Rituximab RA 43 0 0 0 Taiwan Chen et al.84

AS, ankylosing spondylitis; DMARDs, disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs; JIA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis; PsA, psoriatic arthritis; PsO, psoriasis; RA, rheumatoid arthritis.