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Tuberculosis in systemic lupus erythematosus in Chinese patients

Jing Wang MD   ^*   Hai-Feng Pan MD   ^*   Hong Su MD   ^*   Xiang-Pei Li MD      Jian-Hua Xu MD      Dong-Qing Ye MD   ^* 

^* Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei; Department of Rheumatology, Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei; Department of Rheumatology, First Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, PR China

Correspondence to: Dong-Qing Ye, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, PR China Email: ydq{at}ahmu.edu.cn

This study investigates the prevalence and clinical and laboratory features of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) associated with TB in Chinese patients, as well as its similarities to and differences from patients without TB. Our results show that SLE patients with TB (SLE-TB) might be a subgroup of patients with distinct clinical and laboratory features. Therefore, specific treatment should be given in order to provide a better outcome for SLE-TB patients.

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