Scedosporium infection in a patient with anti-tnfα therapy

• Main Authors: Caroline T Nguyen (Author), Siba P Raychaudhuri (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Patients on anti-TNFα therapy are at increased risk for rare opportunistic infections. Here we are reporting a case of Scedosporium apiospermum infection in a patient treated with anti-TNF for 5 years. Patients on anti-TNFα need close follow-up and clinicians should be suspicious for atypical infect...