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Tuberculosis and opportunistic infections: relevance to biologic agents.

With the expanding use of biologic agents, in particular TNF inhibitors, tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections have become an important and growing concern in rheumatology. Clinicians using these therapies should have an understanding of the scope of the problem, the underlying scientific rationale, as well as the optimal approaches to screening, monitoring and treatment.