Cutaneous mucormycosis complicating methotrexate, prednisone, and infliximab therapy

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 361-362

  Gadadhar, Harsha ^a   Hawkins, Stephen ^a   Huffstutter, J Eugene ^a   Panda, Mukta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NECROSIS;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOPSY; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCORMYCOSIS; PREDNISONE; SKIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 37849047795     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31815d3ddd     Document Type: Article

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