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Title: Tuberculous peritonitis after treatment with adalimumab. Author: Antolín J, Azahara M, Hernández C, Blanco M, Mao L, Cigüenza R. Journal: Scand J Infect Dis; 2008; 40(8):677-8. PubMed ID: 18979608. Abstract: We present a case of tuberculous peritonitis in a woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), treated with adalimumab, and we review the association between anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy and tuberculosis. There have been only 2 case reports of peritoneal tuberculosis associated with anti-TNF and only 1 with adalimumab.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]