Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in a pregnant woman treated with anti-TNF-α antibodies for Crohn's disease: A case report

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 687-689

  Epping, G ^a   van der Valk, P D L P M ^a   Hendrix, R ^b  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Medical Microbiology Twente Achterhoek   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anti TNF antibodies; Crohn's disease; Erythromycin; Legionella pneumophila; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BUDESONIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFLIXIMAB; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG SAFETY; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NAUSEA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROHN DISEASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 78649520193     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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