Opportunistic infections due to inflammatory bowel disease therapy

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 196-212

  Dave, Maneesh ^a   Purohit, Treta ^b   Razonable, Raymund ^a   Loftus Jr , Edward V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti TNF agents; Corticosteroids; Crohn's disease; IBD; Immunomodulators; Opportunistic infections; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INFLUENZA; JC VIRUS; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LISTERIOSIS; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WART VIRUS;

HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 84893674835     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MIB.0b013e3182a827d2     Document Type: Review

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