Fujita Kohei, Yamamoto Yuki, Kanai Osamu, Okamura Misato, Hashimoto Masayuki, Nakatani Koichi, Sawai Satoru, Mio Tadashi
Division of Respiratory Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan.
Department of Drug Discovery for Lung Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 9;7(5):ofaa126. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa126. eCollection 2020 May.
Although it ameliorates lung cancer, immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) presents complications of infectious diseases, including tuberculosis. Incidence of tuberculosis during immunotherapy remains unclear. We found that 1.7% of patients developed active tuberculosis during immunotherapy at our institution. In patients with a positive interferon-gamma release assay status before ICI therapy, physicians should pay close attention to developing tuberculosis.
尽管免疫检查点抑制剂(ICI)免疫疗法可改善肺癌,但会引发包括结核病在内的传染病并发症。免疫疗法期间结核病的发病率仍不明确。我们发现,在我们机构接受免疫疗法的患者中,有1.7%发生了活动性结核病。对于ICI治疗前干扰素-γ释放试验结果呈阳性的患者,医生应密切关注结核病的发生。