Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia following a second infusion of infliximab in a patient with ulcerative colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-316

  Estrada, Silvia ^a   García Campos, Francisco ^a   Calderón, Rosario ^a   Delgado, Elvira ^a   Bengoa, Raquel ^a   Enciso, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649675047     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20536     Document Type: Letter

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