Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia and pneumomediastinum in an anti-TNFα naive patient with ulcerative colitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1897-1900

  Lee, James C ^a   Bell, Deborah C ^a   Guinness, Richard M ^a   Ahmad, Tariq ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azathioprine; Corticosteroids; Pneumocystis jiroveci; Pneumomediastinum; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; PRIMAQUINE; STEROID; THIOPURINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; RASH; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651244891     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.1897     Document Type: Article

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