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Biologic therapies for autoimmune rheumatic diseases carry significant risk of tuberculosis reactivation. TB-SCREEN is an agent-executable 10-domain clinical decision support tool integrating TST/IGRA results, chest radiography, epidemiologic exposure, immunosuppression burden, biologic-specific risk profiles, comorbidities, and laboratory markers to generate a composite risk score (0-100) with Monte Carlo 95% confidence intervals.

Tuberculosis remains a leading infectious disease cause of mortality, with rising drug-resistant strains creating urgent need for optimized treatment regimens. This study develops a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) model integrating real drug parameters for first-line TB medications (isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, ethambutol) to optimize combination therapy and minimize resistance emergence.