Ryoko Sakai
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position  
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Clinical characteristics and risk factors for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving adalimumab: a retrospective review and case-control study of 17 patients.
Journal Formal name:Modern rheumatology
Abbreviation:Mod Rheumatol
ISSN code:(1439-7609)1439-7595(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 23(6),pp.1085-93
Author and coauthor Watanabe Kaori, Sakai Ryoko, Koike Ryuji, Sakai Fumikazu, Sugiyama Haruhito, Tanaka Michi, Komano Yukiko, Akiyama Yuji, Mimura Toshihide, Kaneko Motohide, Tokuda Hitoshi, Iso Takenobu, Motegi Mitsuru, Ikeda Kei, Nakajima Hiroshi, Taki Hirofumi, Kubota Tetsuo, Kodama Hirotaka, Sugii Shoji, Kuroiwa Takashi, Nawata Yasushi, Shiozawa Kazuko, Ogata Atsushi, Sawada Shigemasa, Matsukawa Yoshihiro, Okazaki Takahiro, Mukai Masaya, Iwahashi Mitsuhiro, Saito Kazuyoshi, Tanaka Yoshiya, Nanki Toshihiro, Miyasaka Nobuyuki, Harigai Masayoshi
Publication date 2013/11
Summary PCP may occur early in the course of adalimumab therapy in patients with RA. Careful monitoring, early diagnosis, and proper management are mandatory to secure a good prognosis for these patients.
DOI 10.1007/s10165-012-0796-5
PMID 23212592