Infections associated with tumor necrosis factor-α antagonists

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1181-1192

  Rychly, David J ^a,b   DiPiro, Joseph T ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Etanercept; Infection; Infliximab; TNF ; Tuberculosis; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOSES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 24144456554     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.2005.25.9.1181     Document Type: Review

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