SynthesisClinical rheumatology2020
Association between Takayasu arteritis and latent or active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection: a systematic review.
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- Prevalence of tuberculosis infection among patients with Takayasu arteritis: a meta-analysis of observational studies.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Young Female with Takayasu and Tubercular Arteritis: A Rare Case Report.Annals of African medicine · 2026Article
- Advances in the pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment of Takayasu arteritis.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2025Review
- A retrospective cohort study of 203 patients with Takayasu arteritis: experience from a Brazilian tertiary center.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2025Article
- Systemic vasculitis with latent tuberculosis infection and associated factors: a cross-sectional multicenter study.Clinical rheumatology · 2025Article
- Incidence, risk factors for active tuberculosis infection and changes of IGRA in patients with Takayasu arteritis: a prospective cohort study.Emerging microbes & infections · 2024Article
- Takayasu's arteritis associated with tuberculosis: a retrospective study.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2024Article
- Tuberculosis and Takayasu arteritis: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
- Pleural effusion in Takayasu arteritis: think infection rather than disease activity!Clinical rheumatology · 2023Article
- [Rare cause of inflammatory back pain].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2023Article
- Takayasu Arteritis Coexisting with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Case report: Aggressive progression of acute heart failure due to juvenile tuberculosis-associated Takayasu arteritis with aortic stenosis and thrombosis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- High prevalence of latent tuberculosis using the QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus test in Takayasu arteritis.Archives of rheumatology · 2022Article
- Takayasu arteritis with congestive heart failure in 26-year-old male: a case report.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2022Article
- Stroke in Takayasu arteritis with concomitant tuberculosis: an unusual pediatric case report.BMC pediatrics · 2022Article
- Large-vessel vasculitis.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
- An Update on Childhood-Onset Takayasu Arteritis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- Application progress of multiple imaging modalities in Takayasu arteritis.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2021Review
- Takayasu arteritis: a cohort of Italian patients and recent pathogenetic and therapeutic advances.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2021Article
- Clinical Features and Risk Factors for Active Tuberculosis in Takayasu Arteritis: A Single-Center Case-Control Study.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Takayasu arteritis (TA) is a granulomatous vasculitis of large vessels with unknown aetiopathogenesis. An association between TA and tuberculosis (TB) has been suggested by several authors. The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review of the literature on the association of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT) infection in patients with TA. The research was conducted using the PUBMED/Medline and LILACS databases including studies published until June 2019 and using the descriptors "takayasu arteritis", "tuberculosis", "mycobacterium tuberculosis", "purified protein derivate" (PPD), "mantoux test", "quantiferon tb gold", and "interferon gamma release assay" (IGRA). A total of 113 publications were found, but only 38 publications were included after the pre-established criteria were applied. The results were divided into (1) active TB in adolescents with TA: 13 cases; (2) active TB in adults with TA: 116 cases, with a prevalence ranging from 6.3 to 20%, including a South Korean study of 267 cases of TA that found a prevalence of active TB of 17.7%; (3) latent TB in TA patients: the most widely used method was PPD, and only one study compared PPD with IGRA; the prevalence ranged from 20 to 82%; (4) findings that indicate TB in arterial biopsy or autopsies: 5 studies, with different results ranging from an absence of MT DNA in the aortic tissue to 70% positivity; and (5) immunological studies that evaluated the presence of antimycobacterial antibodies and heat shock proteins in TA patients. Although most of the studies show a high prevalence of TB, it is not possible to establish a causal relationship. We suggest that greater care be taken with latent TB screening in patients who are TA candidates for immunosuppressive therapy.
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