Tuberculosis screening before biologic therapy: considering epidemiology
Abstract
We read with interest the retrospective evaluation by Tan et al., entitled ‘Are chest X-rays still necessary for prebiologic tuberculosis screening? A retrospective audit’ recently published in Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. The authors report that including interferon-γ release assay-based screening may be sufficient in a dermatology cohort and that the additional diagnostic contribution of routine chest X-ray remains limited. However, as the study was conducted in a population with a low incidence of tuberculosis, the generalizability of the findings to different epidemiological contexts warrants careful consideration.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1319–1319
- Publication date
- 25 February 2026
- Language
- EN