Intestinal microsporidiosis: a hidden risk in rheumatic disease patients undergoing anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy combined with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs?

Intestinal microsporidiosis: a hidden risk in rheumatic disease patients undergoing anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy combined with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs?

OBJECTIVE: Immunosuppressed patients are at risk of microsporidiosis, and this parasitosis has an increased rate of dissemination in this population. Our objective was to evaluate the presence of microsporidiosis and other intestinal parasites in rheumatic disease patients undergoing anti-tumor necr...

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Main Authors: Nadia Emi Aikawa, Aline de Oliveira Twardowsky, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Clovis A. Silva, Ivan Leonardo Avelino França e Silva, Ana Cristina de Medeiros Ribeiro, Carla Goncalves Schain Saad, Julio César Bertacini Moraes, Roberto Acayaba de Toledo, Eloísa Bonfá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Microsporidia
Parasitosis
Anti-TNF
Rheumatoid arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis
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