Pentatrichomonas hominis infection in rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1534-1535

  Compaoré, Christian ^a   Lekpa, Fernando Kemta ^b,c   Nebie, Lucie ^a   Niamba, Pascal ^a   Niakara, Ali ^a  

^a Clinique du Coeur   (Burkina Faso)

^b Center for Gerontology and Geriatrics   (Senegal)

^c General Hospital   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMIODARONE; FLUINDIONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TENESMUS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84880601974     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes385     Document Type: Letter

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