Pneumocystis jiroveci (Carinii) pneumonia following initiation of infliximab and azathioprine therapy in a patient with Crohn's disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 436-437

  Seddik, Mimouna ^a   Meliez, Hugues ^b   Seguy, David ^a   Viget, Nathalie ^b   Cortot, Antoine ^a   Colombel, Jean Frederic ^a,c  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Dron Hospital   (France)

^c INSERMU Univ Recherche Maladies   (France)

Author keywords

Anti TNF ; Crohn's disease; Infection; Infliximab; Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INFLIXIMAB; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AZATHIOPRINE; CROHN DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 3543056487     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00054725-200407000-00017     Document Type: Article

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