Disseminated cryptococcal infection in rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate and infliximab

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1561-1563

  True, David G ^a   Penmetcha, Mohan ^a   Peckham, Steven J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUCONAZOLE; GOLD; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INFUSION; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; HUMANS;

EID: 0035992968     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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