Mycobacterial Hand Infections Occurring Postoperatively in Patients Treated With Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Inhibitors for Inflammatory Arthritis: Report of Three Cases

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-108

  Bauer, Andrea S ^a   Blazar, Philip E ^a   Earp, Brandon E ^a   Simmons, Barry P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand infections; mycobacteria; TNF inhibitors

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETANERCEPT; ETHAMBUTOL; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHOTREXATE; RIFABUTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWELLING; TENOSYNOVITIS; WEAKNESS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AZITHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TENOSYNOVITIS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 72449197603     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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