Opportunistic infection during treatment with low dose methotrexate.
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Thoracic Society in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 150 (1) , 258-260
- https://doi.org/10.1164/ajrccm.150.1.8025760
Abstract
Two patients receiving low dose methotrexate, one with rheumatoid arthritis and the other with pityriasis rubra pilaris, developed disseminated histoplasmosis and Mycobacterium avium intracellulare pneumonia, respectively. Twenty-three cases of opportunistic infection in patients receiving low dose methotrexate have been reported previously, with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia being the most common infection (10 of 23, 43%). Patients receiving low dose methotrexate are at risk for opportunistic infection despite normal leukocyte counts.Keywords
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