A Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis under Methotrexate and Etanercept Treatment Presenting with Fever and Pancytopenia: An Unexpected Guest

A Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis under Methotrexate and Etanercept Treatment Presenting with Fever and Pancytopenia: An Unexpected Guest

Leishmania species induce chronic intracellular parasitism, while visceral leishmaniasis can become fatal, if left untreated. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis might feature a genetic predisposition to infection from Leishmania species, besides the status of immunosuppression. Several cases of visc...

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Main Authors: Dimitrios Patoulias, Savvas Papachristou, Evgenia Gouridou, Dafni Stamou, Sofia Chissan, Spyridon Bakatselos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PCO Convin S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology
Subjects:
rheumatoid arthritis
leishmaniasis
anti-tumour necrosis factor-alpha
pancytopenia
Online Access:http://www.mjrheum.org/assets/files/792/file311_1327.pdf

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