Gastrointestinal cytomegalovirus disease in a patient with pemphigus vulgaris treated with corticosteroid and mycophenolate mofetil

• Main Authors: Luiza Barbosa Oliveira (Author), Celina Wakisaka Maruta (Author), Denise Miyamoto (Author), Fernanda Aburesi Salvadori (Author), Claudia Giuli Santi (Author), Valeria Aoki (Author), Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune disease characterized by the formation of suprabasal intra-epidermal blisters on the skin and mucosal surfaces. Infectious diseases are the main cause of death in patients with pemphigus due to the disrupture of the physiological skin barrier, immune dysregulation...