Mycobacterium kansasii tenosynovitis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient with long-term therapeutic immunosuppression

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 900-903

  Lorenz, Hanns Martin ^a,b   Dalpke, Alexander H ^a   Deboben, Axel ^c   Ho, Anthony D ^a   Greiner, Axel ^a   Jung, Martin ^a   Fiehn, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Center for Rheumatic Diseases   (Germany)

^c Vesalius Klinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; RIFAMPICIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; POLYARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; TENOSYNOVECTOMY; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 45349092716     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.23717     Document Type: Article

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