Fatal varicella zoster infection in a severe steroid dependent asthmatic patient receiving methotrexate.
AUTOR(ES)
Morice, A H
RESUMO
A case is described of fatal haemorrhagic varicella zoster in a steroid dependent asthmatic patient concurrently receiving methotrexate. The future management of patients on immunosuppressive steroid sparing drugs is discussed.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=475099Documentos Relacionados
- Fatal chickenpox pneumonia in an asthmatic patient on oral steroids and methotrexate.
- Severe, disseminated, life threatening herpes zoster infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate.
- Severe varicella in a child immunosuppressed with methotrexate
- Case of Fatal Blastoschizomyces capitatus Infection Occurring in a Patient Receiving Empiric Micafungin Therapy▿
- 7-Hydroxymethotrexate as a urinary metabolite in human subjects and rhesus monkeys receiving high dose methotrexate.
