Necrotizing fasciitis in a rheumatoid arthritis patient treated with tocilizumab

Rheumatology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 577-578

  van de sande, Marleen G H ^a   van slobbe bijlsma, Eline R ^a  

^a TERGOOI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; TOCILIZUMAB;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BURSITIS; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LETTER; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYALGIA; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ACUTE PAIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857569258     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker336     Document Type: Letter

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