Pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated by etanercept [4]

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-268

  Lassoued, Slim ^a   Sire, S ^a   Farny, M ^a   Billey, T ^a   Lassoued, K ^a  

^a Service de Rhumatologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LISTERIOSIS; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; PYRIMIDINES; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 1842474324     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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