Email Alert | RSS

Chinese Journal of Antituberculosis ›› 2022, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (9): 954-959.doi: 10.19982/j.issn.1000-6621.20220243

• Review Articles • Previous Articles     Next Articles

The research progress of the reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with rheumatic diseases

Wu Wenqi1, Zhong Jianqiu1, He Juan1, Deng Guofang2, Wang Qingwen1()   

  1. 1Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital/Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammatory Disease, Guangdong Province, Shenzhen 518036, China
    2The Second Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital/National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen 518112, China
  • Received:2022-06-27 Online:2022-09-10 Published:2022-09-05
  • Contact: Wang Qingwen E-mail:wqw_sw@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(81974253);National Natural Science Foundation of China(81901641);General Program of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2019A1515011112);Key Basic Research Projects of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission(JCYJ20200109140203849);Prevention and Treatment Integration Project of Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission(0102018-2019-YBXM-1499-01-0414)

Abstract:

Rheumatic diseases are a group of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases characterized by disorders of the immune system, while with the application of various immunosuppressants and biological agents in rheumatic diseases, the immune state of the body has been greatly altered, increasing the risk of activation of latent tuberculosis infection. To better understand the activation mechanism of latent tuberculosis infection in patients with rheumatic diseases and reduce the incidence and mortality, the immune response mechanisms of tuberculosis infection, the activation mechanism of latent tuberculosis infection with rheumatic diseases, and the therapeutic drugs that increase the risk of activation are reviewed for reference.

Key words: Rheumatic diseases, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Infection, Review literature as topic

CLC Number: