Atypical mycobacteriosis in two patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-79

  Origuchi, T ^a   Migita, K ^a   Kawakami, A ^a   Yamasaki, S ^a   Hida, A ^a   Shibatomi, K ^a   Ida, H ^a   Kawabe, Y ^a   Eguchi, K ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical mycobacteriosis; Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AURANOFIN; BUCILLAMINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOFENAC; ETHAMBUTOL; FENOPROFEN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDOMETACIN; ISONIAZID; LEVOFLOXACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULINDAC; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0036242332     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/s101650200013     Document Type: Article

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