A cluster of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection among outpatients with rheumatoid arthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1547-1548

  Mori, Shunsuke ^a   Cho, Isamu ^a   Sugimoto, Mineharu ^b  

^a Clinical Research Center for Rheumatic Disease   (Japan)

^b Kumamoto Saishunsou National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB;

HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYMPTOM;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 77954441225     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.091294     Document Type: Letter

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