Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia as a complication of methotrexate treatment of asthma
| Autor: | A C Harrison, L M Kuitert |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Opportunistic Infections Pneumocystis pneumonia Internal medicine medicine Humans Asthma Immunosuppression Therapy Chemotherapy business.industry Pneumonia Pneumocystis Respiratory disease Immunosuppression medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Surgery Methotrexate Pneumocystis carinii Complication business Research Article medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 46:936-937 |
| ISSN: | 0040-6376 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/thx.46.12.936 |
| Popis: | A 32 year old man with chronic severe asthma, requiring maintenance oral corticosteroids, was started on a weekly dose of methotrexate. Eleven weeks later he developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. In the two years following treatment there has been no recurrence while oral corticosteroid treatment has been continued. Pneumocystis pneumonia should be considered in asthmatic patients taking methotrexate who present with fever, pulmonary infiltrates, and hypoxia. |
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