Pityrosporum folliculitis in a Crohn's disease patient receiving infliximab

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-8

  Nasir, Amana ^a   El Bahesh, Ehab ^a   Whitten, Chelsea ^a   Lawson, April ^a   Udall Jr , John N ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; INFLIXIMAB; KETOCONAZOLE; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; MULTIVITAMIN; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALASSEZIA DERMATITIS; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; PAPULOPUSTULAR RASH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 74049133890     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20928     Document Type: Letter

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