Ilgen, UfukKaradag, OmerEmmungil, HakanKucuksahin, OrhanKoca, Suleyman SerdarErden, AbdulsametBes, Cemal2024-06-122024-06-1220220172-81721437-160Xhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-022-05134-zhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/18751This study aimed to compare Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) and QuantiFERON (R)-TB Gold In-Tube (QFT-GIT) test in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) patients scheduled for biological and targeted synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in a Bacillus Calmette-Guerin-vaccinated population. Adult RA (n = 206) and SpA (n = 392) patients from the TReasure database who had both TST and QFT-GIT prior to initiation of biological and targeted synthetic DMARDs were included in the study. Demographic and disease characteristics along with pre-biologic DMARD and steroid use were recorded. The distribution of TST and performance with respect to QFT-GIT were compared between RA and SpA groups. Pre-biologic conventional DMARD and steroid use was higher in the RA group. TST positivity rates were 44.2% in RA and 69.1% in SpA for a 5 mm cutoff (p < 0.001). Only 8.9% and 15% of the patients with RA and SpA, respectively, tested positive by QFT-GIT. The two tests poorly agreed in both groups at a TST cutoff of 5 mm and increasing the TST cutoff only slightly increased the agreement. Among age, sex, education and smoking status, pre-biologic steroid and conventional DMARD use, disease group, and QFT-GIT positivity, which were associated with a 5 mm or higher TST, only disease group (SpA) and QFT-GIT positivity remained significant in multiple logistic regression. TST positivity was more pronounced in SpA compared to that in RA and this was not explainable by pre-biologic DMARD and steroid use. The agreement of TST with QFT-GIT was poor in both groups. Using a 5 mm TST cutoff for both diseases could result in overestimating LTBI in SpA.en10.1007/s00296-022-05134-zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArthritisSpondyloarthritisInterferon-Gamma Release TestsTuberculin TestLatent TuberculosisGamma Release AssaysClinical-Practice GuidelinesQuantiferon-Tb-GoldLatent TuberculosisRheumatoid-ArthritisClassification CriteriaActive TuberculosisItalian SocietyDisease-ControlInfectionTuberculin skin test before biologic and targeted therapies: does the same rule apply for all?Article421017971806Q2WOS:0007889420000012-s2.0-8512901873635486197Q2