Systemic nocardiosis in a case of rheumatoid arthritis treated with tumor necrosis factor blockers

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 539-542

  Wendling, Daniel ^a   Murad, Muhsen ^a   Mathieu, Sandra ^a   Berger, Eric ^a   Rumbach, Lucien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMIKACIN; CILASTATIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN; ETANERCEPT; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NOCARDIOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOGENIC GRANULOMA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TUBERCULIN TEST; VERTIGO;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 40649090914     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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