Varicella zoster meningitis complicating combined anti-tumor necrosis factor and corticosteroid therapy in crohn's disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 3347-3351

  Ma, Christopher ^a   Walters, Brennan ^a   Fedorak, Richard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adalimumab; Antitumor necrosis factor; Corticosteroids; Crohn's disease; Infliximab; Meningitis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; GLUCOSE; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN; VALACICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEMICOLECTOMY; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER MENINGITIS; HUMAN; ILEUM RESECTION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALAISE; MALE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84878612812     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i21.3347     Document Type: Article

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