Fatal pneumocystis carinii pneumonia as a complication of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-26
Author(s):  
M Suleman ◽  
◽  
MB Chaudri ◽  
C Deighton ◽  
RB Hubbard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Female Patient ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Dose Methotrexate ◽  
Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Healthy Female

Low dose methotrexate has been used successfully to treat patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis.1 Methotrexate-induced pneumonitis occurs in about 1 to 5% of patients, although opportunistic infections have also been reported.1 We report a case of fatal pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in an otherwise healthy female patient treated with methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis and review the literature.

scholarly journals Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia complicating low dose methotrexate treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.

Thorax ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Wollner ◽  
J Mohle-Boetani ◽  
R E Lambert ◽  
J L Perruquet ◽  
T A Raffin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
Dose Methotrexate ◽  
Methotrexate Treatment

scholarly journals Nocardia asteroides pneumonia complicating low dose methotrexate treatment of refractory rheumatoid arthritis.

1991 ◽  
Vol 50 (9) ◽  
pp. 642-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
J J Cornelissen ◽  
L J Bakker ◽  
M J Van der Veen ◽  
M Rozenberg-Arska ◽  
J W Bijlsma
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Nocardia Asteroides ◽  
Dose Methotrexate ◽  
Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Methotrexate Treatment

Neuropsychiatric adverse drug reactions associated with low dose methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patients

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jette A. van Lint ◽  
Tom Bakker ◽  
Peter M. ten Klooster ◽  
Eugene P. van Puijenbroek ◽  
Harald E. Vonkeman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Adverse Drug Reactions ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Drug Reactions ◽  
Dose Methotrexate

Herpes zoster in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with weekly, low-dose methotrexate

1991 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 295-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ann S. Antonelli ◽  
Larry W. Moreland ◽  
James E. Brick
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Herpes Zoster ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Dose Methotrexate
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