Paradoxical response to tuberculosis treatment in a patient receiving tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Moureau, Caroline ^a   Pothen, Lucie ^b   Wilmes, Dunja ^b   Yombi, Jean Cyr ^b   Coche, Emmanuel ^b   Hainaut, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LETTER; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; COUGH; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; PSORIASIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84861530611     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2012.02.006     Document Type: Letter

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