Listeria monocytogenes sepsis in patients treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 829-830

  Tweezer Zaks, Nurit ^a   Shiloach, Eli ^b   Spivak, Alexander ^b   Rapoport, Micha ^b   Novis, Ben ^c   Langevitz, Pnina ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti tumor necrosis factor alpha; Infliximab; Listeria; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COLON RESECTION; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG FEVER; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALAISE; MALE; PERIANAL ABSCESS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RIGOR; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPLEEN ABSCESS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0344583756     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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