Pulmonary coinfection by Pneumocystis carinii and Aspergillus fumigatus in a seronegative arthritis patient treated with low-dose methotrexate [1]

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 555-556

  Marinosa M ^a   Soler, A ^a   Nogues X ^a   Pedro Botet, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Methotrexate; Pneumocystis carinii; Pulmonary coinfection; Seronegative arthritis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INDOMETACIN; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUPERINFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; METHOTREXATE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 9444276650     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-004-0900-0     Document Type: Letter

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