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Immunosuppressive therapy for psoriasis such as TNF inhibitors can increase the risk of tuberculosis. Patients should be screened for latent tuberculosis infection with a PPD skin test or IGRA. Those who have previously received the BCG vaccine should have an IGRA due to the chance of false positives. This was a case of a 47-year-old Filipino male with a history of BCG vaccine as a child.
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Lee, M.P., Wu, K.K., Wu, J.J. (2019). 47-Year-Old Given BCG Vaccine as a Child. In: Wu, J. (eds) Clinical Cases in Psoriasis. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18772-9_17
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